diff --git a/src/qgcunittest/AutoTest.h b/src/qgcunittest/AutoTest.h
index 892d8142746900639b75aaad2baeba64b196e6b3..b118d7fc274f126749adb3c118105df2757e86fa 100755
--- a/src/qgcunittest/AutoTest.h
+++ b/src/qgcunittest/AutoTest.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace AutoTest
     inline int run(int argc, char *argv[])
     { 
 	int ret = 0;
-	QCoreApplication t(argc, argv);
+	QApplication t(argc, argv);
 	foreach (QObject* test, testList())
 	{  
             ret += QTest::qExec(test, argc, argv);