diff --git a/shell/main.cpp b/shell/main.cpp
index 27a998ba3..ca3833cd3 100644
--- a/shell/main.cpp
+++ b/shell/main.cpp
@@ -1,85 +1,86 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2002 by Wilco Greven <greven@kde.org>                   *
  *   Copyright (C) 2003 by Christophe Devriese                             *
  *                         <Christophe.Devriese@student.kuleuven.ac.be>    *
  *   Copyright (C) 2003 by Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org>                 *
  *   Copyright (C) 2003-2007 by Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org>          *
  *   Copyright (C) 2004 by Andy Goossens <andygoossens@telenet.be>         *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "shell.h"
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <QtDBus/qdbusinterface.h>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <kwindowsystem.h>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <KAboutData>
 #include <KMessageBox>
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 #include <QCommandLineOption>
 #include "aboutdata.h"
 #include "okular_main.h"
 #include "shellutils.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-    QApplication app(argc, argv);
+    QGuiApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps);
 
+    QApplication app(argc, argv);
     KLocalizedString::setApplicationDomain("okular");
 
     KAboutData aboutData = okularAboutData();
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
     // set icon for shells which do not use desktop file metadata
     QApplication::setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("okular")));
 
     QCommandLineParser parser;
     // The KDE4 version accepted flags such as -unique with a single dash -> preserve compatibility
     parser.setSingleDashWordOptionMode(QCommandLineParser::ParseAsLongOptions);
     parser.addVersionOption();
     parser.addHelpOption();
     aboutData.setupCommandLine(&parser);
 
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("p") << QStringLiteral("page"), i18n("Page of the document to be shown"), QStringLiteral("number")));
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("presentation"), i18n("Start the document in presentation mode")));
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("print"), i18n("Start with print dialog")));
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("unique"), i18n("\"Unique instance\" control")));
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("noraise"), i18n("Not raise window")));
     parser.addPositionalArgument(QStringLiteral("urls"), i18n("Documents to open. Specify '-' to read from stdin."));
 
     parser.process(app);
     aboutData.processCommandLine(&parser);
 
     // see if we are starting with session management
     if (app.isSessionRestored())
     {
         kRestoreMainWindows<Shell>();
     }
     else
     {
         // no session.. just start up normally
         QStringList paths;
         for ( int i = 0; i < parser.positionalArguments().count(); ++i )
             paths << parser.positionalArguments().at(i);
         Okular::Status status = Okular::main(paths, ShellUtils::serializeOptions(parser));
         switch (status)
         {
             case Okular::Error:
                 return -1;
             case Okular::AttachedOtherProcess:
                 return 0;
             case Okular::Success:
                 // Do nothing
                 break;
         }
     }
 
     return app.exec();
 }
 
 /* kate: replace-tabs on; indent-width 4; */