diff --git a/src/plugins/styles/modernwindows/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp b/src/plugins/styles/modernwindows/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
index 4ef47c36da9..d288295fbee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/styles/modernwindows/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/styles/modernwindows/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ void QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::cleanup(bool force)
 
 bool QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::transitionsEnabled() const
 {
+    Q_Q(const QWindowsVistaStyle);
+    if (q->property("_q_no_animation").toBool())
+        return false;
     if (QApplication::desktopSettingsAware()) {
         BOOL animEnabled = false;
         if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETCLIENTAREAANIMATION, 0, &animEnabled, 0)) {
diff --git a/tests/baseline/shared/qwidgetbaselinetest.cpp b/tests/baseline/shared/qwidgetbaselinetest.cpp
index f0d3da9e13c..32fd3eef9b7 100644
--- a/tests/baseline/shared/qwidgetbaselinetest.cpp
+++ b/tests/baseline/shared/qwidgetbaselinetest.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ QWidgetBaselineTest::QWidgetBaselineTest()
 #endif
     // turn off animations and make the cursor flash time really long to avoid blinking
     QApplication::style()->setProperty("_qt_animation_time", QTime());
+    QApplication::style()->setProperty("_q_no_animation", true);
     QGuiApplication::styleHints()->setCursorFlashTime(50000);
 
     QByteArray appearanceBytes;