diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 26c7e85d5bc2cc4aa9beed0f4322599a94eaac21..709a6cf91d626a4b18a5acffc3e5c6c5115c8d81 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     QTranslator translator;
     QTranslator qtTranslator;
     QString locale = QLocale::system().name();
+
+    // Must be done before any QSettings class is created
+    QSettings::setPath(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::SystemScope, QLatin1String(SHARE_PATH));
     // keep this in sync with the MainWindow ctor in coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
     const QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,
                                  QLatin1String("Nokia"), QLatin1String("QtCreator"));