diff --git a/qutebrowser/test/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/test/__init__.py
index a17e82337..299255119 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/test/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/test/__init__.py
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 
 """The qutebrowser test suite."""
 
-import atexit
-import functools
-
-import sip
+from PyQt5.QtCore import qInstallMessageHandler
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
 
-# We create a singleton QApplication here.
 
-qApp = QApplication([])
-atexit.register(functools.partial(sip.delete, qApp))
+def qt_message_handler(msg_type, context, msg):
+    print("Qt message: {}".format(msg))
+
+
+# We create a singleton QApplication here.
+app = QApplication([])
+qInstallMessageHandler(qt_message_handler)
+