3 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.cpp b/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.cpp
index b8f2cc65cb..7dee7a9cda 100644
--- a/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@
 
 #include <openssl/x509.h>
 #include <openssl/x509_vfy.h>
-#include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QDebug>
+
 #include <QFileOpenEvent>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
-#include <QVariant>
-
 
 X509 *parse_b64der_cert(const char* cert_data)
 {
@@ -41,9 +38,14 @@ static SendCoinsRecipient handleRequest(PaymentServer* server, std::vector<unsig
     f.write((const char*)&data[0], data.size());
     f.close();
 
-    // Create a FileOpenEvent and send it directly to the server's event filter:
+    // Create a QObject, install event filter from PaymentServer
+    // and send a file open event to the object
+    QObject object;
+    object.installEventFilter(server);
     QFileOpenEvent event(f.fileName());
-    server->eventFilter(NULL, &event);
+    // If sending the event fails, this will cause sigCatcher to be empty,
+    // which will lead to a test failure anyway.
+    QCoreApplication::sendEvent(&object, &event);
 
     QObject::disconnect(server, SIGNAL(receivedPaymentRequest(SendCoinsRecipient)),
                         &sigCatcher, SLOT(getRecipient(SendCoinsRecipient)));
diff --git a/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.h b/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.h
index 0bff923ad4..884e535a60 100644
--- a/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.h
+++ b/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.h
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ private slots:
 class RecipientCatcher : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+
 public slots:
     void getRecipient(SendCoinsRecipient r);
+
 public:
     SendCoinsRecipient recipient;
 };
diff --git a/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp b/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
index 5c941c6387..ae584706f1 100644
--- a/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-
-
 #include "paymentservertests.h"
 #include "uritests.h"
 
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QTest>
 
@@ -11,6 +10,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     bool fInvalid = false;
 
+    // Don't remove this, it's needed to access
+    // QCoreApplication:: in the tests
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+    app.setApplicationName("Bitcoin-Qt-test");
+
     URITests test1;
     if (QTest::qExec(&test1) != 0)
         fInvalid = true;