diff --git a/src/kxmlguiclient.cpp b/src/kxmlguiclient.cpp
index a830ad0fa6b962654a0d1ebb161761a3afafb479..b2c9d0d21dce5f5d9ae4941ae4a909dfa9531155 100644
--- a/src/kxmlguiclient.cpp
+++ b/src/kxmlguiclient.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ KXMLGUIClient::KXMLGUIClient()
 KXMLGUIClient::KXMLGUIClient(KXMLGUIClient *parent)
     : d(new KXMLGUIClientPrivate)
 {
+    Q_INIT_RESOURCE(kxmlgui);
+
     parent->insertChildClient(this);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/kxmlguifactory.cpp b/src/kxmlguifactory.cpp
index fc453cb2598dd36f8212cbccb3d4e777ffca4480..5c8dbda2b5700144e9aaf96f877615f874292640 100644
--- a/src/kxmlguifactory.cpp
+++ b/src/kxmlguifactory.cpp
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ KXMLGUIFactory::KXMLGUIFactory(KXMLGUIBuilder *builder, QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent)
     , d(new KXMLGUIFactoryPrivate)
 {
+    Q_INIT_RESOURCE(kxmlgui);
+
     d->builder = builder;
     d->guiClient = nullptr;
     if (d->builder) {