diff --git a/data/start-cosmic b/data/start-cosmic
index d1e2d81..2e13c51 100755
--- a/data/start-cosmic
+++ b/data/start-cosmic
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export XCURSOR_THEME="${XCURSOR_THEME:=Pop}"
 export _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1
 export GDK_BACKEND=wayland,x11
 export MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
+export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland
 
 # import environment variables from the login manager
 systemctl --user import-environment XDG_SESSION_TYPE XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP