diff --git a/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/startsplash/startsplash.cpp b/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/startsplash/startsplash.cpp
index 4c11c42a..2c67094e 100644
--- a/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/startsplash/startsplash.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/startsplash/startsplash.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "startsplash.h"
 
 StartSplash::StartSplash(mainWindowImpl *parent)
- : QDialog(parent), myW(parent)
+ : QSplashScreen(parent), myW(parent)
 {
 	QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont (":fonts/fonts/c059013l.pfb");
 	QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont (":fonts/fonts/andybold.ttf");	
diff --git a/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/startsplash/startsplash.h b/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/startsplash/startsplash.h
index d5570ab1..a4ea5305 100644
--- a/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/startsplash/startsplash.h
+++ b/src/gui/qt/mainwindow/startsplash/startsplash.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <QtGui>
 #include <QtCore>
 
-class StartSplash : public QDialog
+class StartSplash : public QSplashScreen
 {
 Q_OBJECT
 public: