diff --git a/qutebrowser/test/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/test/__init__.py
index 793f6e0d2..b1b45b75d 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/test/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/test/__init__.py
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@
 
 """The qutebrowser test suite."""
 
+import atexit
+
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
 
 # We create a singleton QApplication here.
 
 qApp = QApplication([])
 qApp.setApplicationName('qutebrowser')
+qApp.processEvents()
+atexit.register(qApp.processEvents)