diff --git a/src/searchdialog/searchwindow.cpp b/src/searchdialog/searchwindow.cpp
index 840f12db8..d0243b54d 100644
--- a/src/searchdialog/searchwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/searchdialog/searchwindow.cpp
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ void SearchWindow::doSearch()
     }
 
     connect(mSearchJob, &Akonadi::CollectionModifyJob::result, this, &SearchWindow::searchDone);
-    mUi.mProgressIndicator->start();
+    mUi.mProgressIndicator->show();
     enableGUI();
     mUi.mStatusLbl->setText(i18n("Searching..."));
 }
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ void SearchWindow::searchDone(KJob *job)
     mSearchJob = nullptr;
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, &SearchWindow::enableGUI, Qt::QueuedConnection);
 
-    mUi.mProgressIndicator->stop();
+    mUi.mProgressIndicator->hide();
     if (job->error()) {
         qCDebug(KMAIL_LOG) << job->errorString();
         KMessageBox::sorry(this, i18n("Cannot get search result. %1", job->errorString()));
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ void SearchWindow::slotCollectionStatisticsRetrieved(KJob *job)
 
 void SearchWindow::slotStop()
 {
-    mUi.mProgressIndicator->stop();
+    mUi.mProgressIndicator->hide();
     if (mSearchJob) {
         mSearchJob->kill(KJob::Quietly);
         mSearchJob->deleteLater();
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ QVector<qint64> SearchWindow::checkIncompleteIndex(const Akonadi::Collection::Li
     }
 
     enableGUI();
-    mUi.mProgressIndicator->start();
+    mUi.mProgressIndicator->hide();
     mUi.mStatusLbl->setText(i18n("Checking index status..."));
     //Fetch collection ?
     for (const Akonadi::Collection &col : qAsConst(cols)) {
diff --git a/src/ui/searchwindow.ui b/src/ui/searchwindow.ui
index b58b994e8..08c4de6dd 100644
--- a/src/ui/searchwindow.ui
+++ b/src/ui/searchwindow.ui
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
    <item row="8" column="0">
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
      <item>
-      <widget class="KPIM::ProgressIndicatorWidget" name="mProgressIndicator"/>
+      <widget class="KBusyIndicatorWidget" name="mProgressIndicator"/>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QLabel" name="mStatusLbl">
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
   <customwidget>
-   <class>KPIM::ProgressIndicatorWidget</class>
-   <extends>QLabel</extends>
-   <header>Libkdepim/ProgressIndicatorWidget</header>
+   <class>KBusyIndicatorWidget</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>KBusyIndicatorWidget</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
   <customwidget>