diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/__init__.py b/electrum/gui/qt/__init__.py
index 04330a228..d181b61eb 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/__init__.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/__init__.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class ElectrumGui(BaseElectrumGui, Logger):
             QtCore.QCoreApplication.setAttribute(QtCore.Qt.AA_ShareOpenGLContexts)
         if hasattr(QGuiApplication, 'setDesktopFileName'):
             QGuiApplication.setDesktopFileName('electrum.desktop')
+        QGuiApplication.setApplicationName("Electrum")
         self.gui_thread = threading.current_thread()
         self.windows = []  # type: List[ElectrumWindow]
         self.efilter = OpenFileEventFilter(self.windows)