diff --git a/startkde/plasma-session/startup.cpp b/startkde/plasma-session/startup.cpp
index 246d88b35..9078c1f16 100644
--- a/startkde/plasma-session/startup.cpp
+++ b/startkde/plasma-session/startup.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ bool Startup::startDetached(const QString &program, const QStringList &args)
 
 bool Startup::startDetached(QProcess *process)
 {
+    process->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedChannels);
     process->start();
     const bool ret = process->waitForStarted();
     if (ret) {
@@ -428,6 +429,7 @@ StartProcessJob::StartProcessJob(const QString &process, const QStringList &args
 {
     m_process->setProgram(process);
     m_process->setArguments(args);
+    m_process->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedChannels);
     auto env = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment();
     env.insert(additionalEnv);
     m_process->setProcessEnvironment(env);
diff --git a/startkde/startplasma.cpp b/startkde/startplasma.cpp
index a68e7c023..bd848dda0 100644
--- a/startkde/startplasma.cpp
+++ b/startkde/startplasma.cpp
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ QProcess *setupKSplash()
         KConfigGroup ksplashCfg = cfg.group("KSplash");
         if (ksplashCfg.readEntry("Engine", QStringLiteral("KSplashQML")) == QLatin1String("KSplashQML")) {
             p = new QProcess;
+            p->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedChannels);
             p->start(QStringLiteral("ksplashqml"), {ksplashCfg.readEntry("Theme", QStringLiteral("Breeze"))});
         }
     }