diff --git a/ui/pageview.cpp b/ui/pageview.cpp
index 4d935b242..90857636f 100644
--- a/ui/pageview.cpp
+++ b/ui/pageview.cpp
@@ -186,11 +186,13 @@ OkularTTS* PageViewPrivate::tts()
 {
     if ( !m_tts )
     {
-        m_tts = new OkularTTS( messageWindow, q );
+        m_tts = new OkularTTS( q );
         if ( aSpeakStop )
         {
             QObject::connect( m_tts, SIGNAL( hasSpeechs( bool ) ),
                               aSpeakStop, SLOT( setEnabled( bool ) ) );
+            QObject::connect( m_tts, SIGNAL( errorMessage( const QString & ) ),
+                              q, SLOT( errorMessage( const QString & ) ) );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ui/tts.cpp b/ui/tts.cpp
index 239e81cc6..d02d77e2e 100644
--- a/ui/tts.cpp
+++ b/ui/tts.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <kspeech.h>
 #include <ktoolinvocation.h>
 
-#include "pageviewutils.h"
 #include "kspeechinterface.h"
 
 /* Private storage. */
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ public:
     void teardownIface();
 
     OkularTTS *q;
-    PageViewMessage *messageWindow;
     org::kde::KSpeech* kspeech;
     QSet< int > jobs;
 };
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ void OkularTTS::Private::setupIface()
         QString error;
         if ( KToolInvocation::startServiceByDesktopName( "kttsd", QStringList(), &error ) )
         {
-            messageWindow->display( i18n( "Starting KTTSD Failed: %1", error ) );
+            emit q->errorMessage( i18n( "Starting KTTSD Failed: %1", error ) );
         }
         else
         {
@@ -82,10 +80,9 @@ void OkularTTS::Private::teardownIface()
 }
 
 
-OkularTTS::OkularTTS( PageViewMessage *messageWindow, QObject *parent )
+OkularTTS::OkularTTS( QObject *parent )
     : QObject( parent ), d( new Private( this ) )
 {
-    d->messageWindow = messageWindow;
 }
 
 OkularTTS::~OkularTTS()
diff --git a/ui/tts.h b/ui/tts.h
index a335a0d2b..d9eb59324 100644
--- a/ui/tts.h
+++ b/ui/tts.h
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@
 
 #include <qobject.h>
 
-class PageViewMessage;
-
 class OkularTTS : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     public:
-        OkularTTS( PageViewMessage *messageWindow, QObject *parent = 0 );
+        OkularTTS( QObject *parent = 0 );
         ~OkularTTS();
 
         void say( const QString &text );
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@ class OkularTTS : public QObject
 
     signals:
         void hasSpeechs( bool has );
+        void errorMessage( const QString &message );
 
     private slots:
         void slotServiceUnregistered( const QString& );