diff --git a/kate/session/katesessionsaction.cpp b/kate/session/katesessionsaction.cpp
index 783c7b196..de7f0082e 100644
--- a/kate/session/katesessionsaction.cpp
+++ b/kate/session/katesessionsaction.cpp
@@ -1,80 +1,82 @@
 /* This file is part of the KDE project
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2005 Christoph Cullmann <cullmann@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 "katesessionsaction.h"
 
 #include "kateapp.h"
 #include "katesessionmanager.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <QMenu>
 
 KateSessionsAction::KateSessionsAction(const QString &text, QObject *parent, KateSessionManager *manager)
     : KActionMenu(text, parent)
 {
     m_manager = manager ? manager : KateApp::self()->sessionManager();
 
     connect(menu(), &QMenu::aboutToShow, this, &KateSessionsAction::slotAboutToShow);
 
     sessionsGroup = new QActionGroup(menu());
 
     // reason for Qt::QueuedConnection: when switching session with N mainwindows
     // to e.g. 1 mainwindow, the last N - 1 mainwindows are deleted. Invoking
     // a session switch without queued connection deletes a mainwindow in which
     // the current code path is executed ---> crash. See bug #227008.
     connect(sessionsGroup, &QActionGroup::triggered, this, &KateSessionsAction::openSession, Qt::QueuedConnection);
 
     connect(m_manager, &KateSessionManager::sessionChanged, this, &KateSessionsAction::slotSessionChanged);
 
     setDisabled(m_manager->sessionList().size() == 0);
 }
 
 void KateSessionsAction::slotAboutToShow()
 {
     qDeleteAll(sessionsGroup->actions());
 
     KateSessionList slist = m_manager->sessionList();
     std::sort(slist.begin(), slist.end(), KateSession::compareByTimeDesc);
 
     slist = slist.mid(0, 10); // take first 10
 
     // sort the reduced list alphabetically (#364089)
     std::sort(slist.begin(), slist.end(), KateSession::compareByName);
 
-    foreach(const KateSession::Ptr & session, slist) {
+    for (const KateSession::Ptr &session : qAsConst(slist)) {
         QString sessionName = session->name();
         sessionName.replace(QStringLiteral("&"), QStringLiteral("&&"));
         QAction *action = new QAction(sessionName, sessionsGroup);
         action->setData(QVariant(session->name()));
+        action->setCheckable(true);
+        action->setChecked(session == m_manager->activeSession());
         menu()->addAction(action);
     }
 }
 
 void KateSessionsAction::openSession(QAction *action)
 {
     const QString name = action->data().toString();
     m_manager->activateSession(name);
 }
 
 void KateSessionsAction::slotSessionChanged()
 {
     setDisabled(m_manager->sessionList().size() == 0);
 }