diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/messagebox.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/messagebox.cpp
index 1dfebd10080..9eb636f16b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/messagebox.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/messagebox.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace AsynchronousMessageBox {
 
 namespace {
 
-void message(QMessageBox::Icon icon, const QString &title, const QString &desciption)
+QWidget *message(QMessageBox::Icon icon, const QString &title, const QString &desciption)
 {
     QMessageBox *messageBox = new QMessageBox(icon,
                                               title,
@@ -45,23 +45,24 @@ void message(QMessageBox::Icon icon, const QString &title, const QString &descip
     messageBox->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
     messageBox->setModal(true);
     messageBox->show();
+    return messageBox;
 }
 }
 
-void warning(const QString &title, const QString &desciption)
+QWidget *warning(const QString &title, const QString &desciption)
 {
-    message(QMessageBox::Warning, title, desciption);
+    return message(QMessageBox::Warning, title, desciption);
 }
 
-void information(const QString &title, const QString &desciption)
+QWidget *information(const QString &title, const QString &desciption)
 {
-    message(QMessageBox::Information, title, desciption);
+    return message(QMessageBox::Information, title, desciption);
 }
 
-void critical(const QString &title, const QString &desciption)
+QWidget *critical(const QString &title, const QString &desciption)
 {
-    message(QMessageBox::Critical, title, desciption);
-}
+    return message(QMessageBox::Critical, title, desciption);
 }
 
 }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/messagebox.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/messagebox.h
index b679636d1f8..32c60dd6831 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/messagebox.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/messagebox.h
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QString;
+class QWidget;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace Core {
 namespace AsynchronousMessageBox {
 
-    CORE_EXPORT void warning(const QString &title, const QString &desciption);
-    CORE_EXPORT void information(const QString &title, const QString &desciption);
-    CORE_EXPORT void critical(const QString &title, const QString &desciption);
+CORE_EXPORT QWidget *warning(const QString &title, const QString &desciption);
+CORE_EXPORT QWidget *information(const QString &title, const QString &desciption);
+CORE_EXPORT QWidget *critical(const QString &title, const QString &desciption);
+
 }
 }