diff --git a/kaccess/main.cpp b/kaccess/main.cpp
index 358ed0df7..06fbce1b4 100644
--- a/kaccess/main.cpp
+++ b/kaccess/main.cpp
@@ -1,80 +1,84 @@
 /*
     Copyright 2000 Matthias Hölzer-Klüpfel <hoelzer@kde.org>
     Copyright 2014 Frederik Gladhorn <gladhorn@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
     later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
     successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
     act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 #include "kaccess.h"
 #include <kdebug.h>
 #include <k4aboutdata.h>
 #include <kcmdlineargs.h>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <QX11Info>
 #include <Kdelibs4ConfigMigrator>
 
 extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
     Kdelibs4ConfigMigrator migrate(QStringLiteral("kaccess"));
     migrate.setConfigFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("kaccessrc"));
     migrate.migrate();
 
     K4AboutData about(I18N_NOOP("kaccess"), 0, ki18n("KDE Accessibility Tool"),
                       0, KLocalizedString(), K4AboutData::License_GPL,
                       ki18n("(c) 2000, Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel"));
 
     about.addAuthor(ki18n("Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel"), ki18n("Author") , "hoelzer@kde.org");
 
     KCmdLineArgs::init(argc, argv, &about);
 
+    //this application is currently only relevant on X, force to run under X
+    //note if someone does port this we still need to run kaccess under X for xwayland apps
+    setenv("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "xcb", true);
+
     if (!KAccessApp::start())
         return 0;
 
     // verify the Xlib has matching XKB extension
     int major = XkbMajorVersion;
     int minor = XkbMinorVersion;
     if (!XkbLibraryVersion(&major, &minor)) {
         kError() << "Xlib XKB extension does not match" << endl;
         return 1;
     }
     kDebug() << "Xlib XKB extension major=" << major << " minor=" << minor;
 
     // we need an application object for QX11Info
     KAccessApp app;
     if (app.isFailed()) {
         return 1;
     }
 
     // verify the X server has matching XKB extension
     // if yes, the XKB extension is initialized
     int opcode_rtrn;
     int error_rtrn;
     int xkb_opcode;
     if (!XkbQueryExtension(QX11Info::display(), &opcode_rtrn, &xkb_opcode, &error_rtrn,
                            &major, &minor)) {
         kError() << "X server has not matching XKB extension" << endl;
         return 1;
     }
     kDebug() << "X server XKB extension major=" << major << " minor=" << minor;
 
     //Without that, the application dies when the dialog is closed only once.
     app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
 
     app.setXkbOpcode(xkb_opcode);
     app.disableSessionManagement();
     return app.exec();
 }