diff --git a/src/ioslaves/help/main.cpp b/src/ioslaves/help/main.cpp
index f09987aa..f800a9d0 100644
--- a/src/ioslaves/help/main.cpp
+++ b/src/ioslaves/help/main.cpp
@@ -1,66 +1,70 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #define LIBXML_DLL_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport)
 #else
 extern "C" int xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue;
 #endif
 
 #include "kio_help.h"
 
 #include <docbookxslt.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QString>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <qplatformdefs.h>
 
 #include <libxml/xmlversion.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlmemory.h>
 #include <libxml/debugXML.h>
 #include <libxml/HTMLtree.h>
 #include <libxml/xmlIO.h>
 #include <libxml/parserInternals.h>
 
 #include <libxslt/xsltconfig.h>
 #include <libxslt/xsltInternals.h>
 #include <libxslt/transform.h>
 #include <libxslt/xsltutils.h>
 #include <libexslt/exslt.h>
 
 // Pseudo plugin class to embed meta data
 class KIOPluginForMetaData : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.kde.kio.slave.help" FILE "help.json")
 };
 
 extern "C"
 {
     Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
     {
+        QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);   // needed for KCrash
+        app.setApplicationName(QStringLiteral("kio_help"));
+
         KDocTools::setupStandardDirs();
 
         //qDebug() << "Starting " << getpid();
 
         if (argc != 4) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Usage: kio_help protocol domain-socket1 domain-socket2\n");
             exit(-1);
         }
 
         LIBXML_TEST_VERSION
         xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefault(1);
         xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultValue = 1;
         exsltRegisterAll();
 
         HelpProtocol slave(false, argv[2], argv[3]);
         slave.dispatchLoop();
 
         //qDebug() << "Done";
         return 0;
     }
 }
 
 // needed for JSON file embedding
 #include "main.moc"