diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
index cc8375298d3..0104ba01017 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -758,6 +758,10 @@ QCoreApplication::QCoreApplication(int &argc, char **argv
 
 void QCoreApplicationPrivate::init()
 {
+#if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
+    QMacAutoReleasePool pool;
+#endif
+
     Q_Q(QCoreApplication);
 
     initLocale();
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
index 56f112c36c2..1dd019cd555 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
@@ -1319,6 +1319,10 @@ void QGuiApplicationPrivate::eventDispatcherReady()
 
 void QGuiApplicationPrivate::init()
 {
+#if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
+    QMacAutoReleasePool pool;
+#endif
+
     QCoreApplicationPrivate::init();
 
     QCoreApplicationPrivate::is_app_running = false; // Starting up.
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index 0e4ee30c192..4ab43628b9e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -564,6 +564,10 @@ QApplication::QApplication(int &argc, char **argv, int _internal)
 */
 void QApplicationPrivate::init()
 {
+#if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
+    QMacAutoReleasePool pool;
+#endif
+
     QGuiApplicationPrivate::init();
 
     initResources();