diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index afc08fc4569..3bf684c8906 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef Q_WS_X11
+    SharedTools::QtSingleApplication::setGraphicsSystem("raster");
+#endif
     SharedTools::QtSingleApplication app((QLatin1String(appNameC)), argc, argv);
 
     const int threadCount = QThreadPool::globalInstance()->maxThreadCount();