diff --git a/examples/gui/analogclock/analogclock.pro b/examples/gui/analogclock/analogclock.pro
index 2183c6888a1..eef17274f5a 100644
--- a/examples/gui/analogclock/analogclock.pro
+++ b/examples/gui/analogclock/analogclock.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 include(../rasterwindow/rasterwindow.pri)
 
+# work-around for QTBUG-13496
+CONFIG += no_batch
+
 SOURCES += \
     main.cpp