diff --git a/src/kmail_part.cpp b/src/kmail_part.cpp
index 4bb5a2824..12cf9d13a 100644
--- a/src/kmail_part.cpp
+++ b/src/kmail_part.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ K_PLUGIN_FACTORY(KMailFactory, registerPlugin<KMailPart>();
 using namespace KMail;
 
 KMailPart::KMailPart(QWidget *parentWidget, QObject *parent, const QVariantList &)
-    : KParts::Part(parent)
+    : KParts::ReadOnlyPart(parent)
     , mParentWidget(parentWidget)
 {
     setComponentName(QStringLiteral("kmail2"), i18n("KMail2"));
@@ -114,11 +114,16 @@ void KMailPart::updateQuickSearchText()
     mainWidget->updateQuickSearchLineText();
 }
 
+bool KMailPart::openFile()
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void KMailPart::guiActivateEvent(KParts::GUIActivateEvent *e)
 {
-    KParts::Part::guiActivateEvent(e);
+    KParts::ReadOnlyPart::guiActivateEvent(e);
     if (e->activated()) {
         mainWidget->initializeFilterActions(true);
         mainWidget->tagActionManager()->createActions();
diff --git a/src/kmail_part.h b/src/kmail_part.h
index 1d794cebd..ce93b4d03 100644
--- a/src/kmail_part.h
+++ b/src/kmail_part.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 class KMMainWidget;
 
-class KMailPart : public KParts::Part
+class KMailPart : public KParts::ReadOnlyPart
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_CLASSINFO("D-Bus Interface", "org.kde.kmail.kmailpart")
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     void updateQuickSearchText();
 
 protected:
+    bool openFile() override;
     void guiActivateEvent(KParts::GUIActivateEvent *e) override;
 
 private: