diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/qml2puppetmain.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/qml2puppetmain.cpp
index ee2f5bac599..98df3de2953 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/qml2puppetmain.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/qml2puppetmain.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
     //If a style different from Desktop is set we have to use QGuiApplication
-    bool useGuiApplication = qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE")
+    bool useGuiApplication = (!qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("QMLDESIGNER_FORCE_QAPPLICATION")
+                              || qgetenv("QMLDESIGNER_FORCE_QAPPLICATION") != "true")
+            && qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE")
             && qgetenv("QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE") != "Desktop";
 
     if (useGuiApplication) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
index 136b51150d2..5f691bc5a02 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
@@ -499,6 +499,9 @@ QProcessEnvironment PuppetCreator::processEnvironment() const
     QmlDesigner::Import import = QmlDesigner::Import::createLibraryImport("QtQuick3D", "1.0");
     if (m_model->hasImport(import, true, true))
         environment.set("QMLDESIGNER_QUICK3D_MODE", "true");
+    import = QmlDesigner::Import::createLibraryImport("QtCharts", "2.0");
+    if (m_model->hasImport(import, true, true))
+        environment.set("QMLDESIGNER_FORCE_QAPPLICATION", "true");
 #endif
 
     QStringList importPaths = m_model->importPaths();