diff --git a/startkde/startplasma-waylandsession.cpp b/startkde/startplasma-waylandsession.cpp
index cbadfe869..f59654d18 100644
--- a/startkde/startplasma-waylandsession.cpp
+++ b/startkde/startplasma-waylandsession.cpp
@@ -1,73 +1,75 @@
 /* This file is part of the KDE project
    Copyright (C) 2019 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
    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
    Library General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #include "startplasma.h"
 
-int main(int /*argc*/, char** /*argv*/)
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+
     // Boot sequence:
     //
     // kdeinit is used to fork off processes which improves memory usage
     // and startup time.
     //
     // * kdeinit starts klauncher first.
     // * Then kded is started. kded is responsible for keeping the sycoca
     //   database up to date. When an up to date database is present it goes
     //   into the background and the startup continues.
     // * Then kdeinit starts kcminit. kcminit performs initialisation of
     //   certain devices according to the user's settings
     //
     // * Then ksmserver is started which takes control of the rest of the startup sequence
 
     runStartupConfig();
 
     setupFontDpi();
 
     QScopedPointer<QProcess, KillBeforeDeleter> ksplash(setupKSplash());
     qputenv("PLASMA_USE_QT_SCALING", "1");
 
     out << "startplasma-waylandsession: Starting up...";
 
     if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("DISPLAY")) {
         setupX11();
     } else {
         qWarning() << "running kwin without Xwayland support";
     }
     setupGSLib();
 
     if (!syncDBusEnvironment()) {
         out << "Could not sync environment to dbus.\n";
         return 2;
     }
 
     if (!startPlasmaSession(true))
         return 4;
 
     // Anything after here is logout
     // It is not called after shutdown/restart
     waitForKonqi();
     out << "startplasma-waylandsession: Shutting down...\n";
 
     runSync(QStringLiteral("kdeinit5_shutdown"), {});
 
     cleanupX11();
     out << "startplasma-waylandsession: Done.\n";
 
     return 0;
 }