diff --git a/src/bin/e_main.c b/src/bin/e_main.c
index 67ee88737..115a6387d 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_main.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_main.c
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
    /* install qt5ct and overwrite this variable with qt5ct and use that to    */
    /* configure there Qt5 applications.                                       */
    e_util_env_set("QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME", "gtk2");
+   e_util_env_set("QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE", "gtk2");
 
    TS("Parse Arguments");
    _e_main_parse_arguments(argc, argv);