diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 4eb564ffa01..583e97ce449 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginspec.h>
 #include <qtsingleapplication.h>
 #include <utils/hostosinfo.h>
+#include <utils/logging.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ static inline QSettings *userSettings()
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    QLoggingCategory::setFilterRules(QLatin1String("qtc.*.debug=false"));
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
     // increase the number of file that can be opened in Qt Creator.
     struct rlimit rl;
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/logging.h b/src/libs/utils/logging.h
index 32522876271..da212ef9208 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/logging.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/logging.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class QLoggingCategory
 public:
     explicit QLoggingCategory(const char *category) : name(category) {}
     ~QLoggingCategory();
+    static void setFilterRules(const QString &) {}
 
     bool isDebugEnabled() const { return false; }
     bool isWarningEnabled() const { return true; }