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diff --git a/src/dbus/qdbusconnection.cpp b/src/dbus/qdbusconnection.cpp
index f95cc3a15d..da7557d7e8 100644
--- a/src/dbus/qdbusconnection.cpp
+++ b/src/dbus/qdbusconnection.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+static void preventDllUnload();
+#endif
+
Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QDBusConnectionManager, _q_manager)
struct QDBusConnectionManager::ConnectionRequestData
@@ -139,6 +143,10 @@ QDBusConnectionManager::QDBusConnectionManager()
this, &QDBusConnectionManager::createServer, Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection);
moveToThread(this); // ugly, don't do this in other projects
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+ // prevent the library from being unloaded on Windows. See comments in the function.
+ preventDllUnload();
+#endif
defaultBuses[0] = defaultBuses[1] = Q_NULLPTR;
start();
}
@@ -1262,4 +1270,31 @@ QByteArray QDBusConnection::localMachineId()
QT_END_NAMESPACE
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+# include <qt_windows.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+static void preventDllUnload()
+{
+ // Thread termination is really wacky on Windows. For some reason we don't
+ // understand, exiting from the thread may try to unload the DLL. Since the
+ // QDBusConnectionManager thread runs until the DLL is unloaded, we've got
+ // a deadlock: the main thread is waiting for the manager thread to exit,
+ // but the manager thread is attempting to acquire a lock to unload the DLL.
+ //
+ // We work around the issue by preventing the unload from happening in the
+ // first place.
+ //
+ // For this trick, see
+ // https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20131105-00/?p=2733
+
+ static HMODULE self;
+ GetModuleHandleEx(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS |
+ GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_PIN,
+ reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(&self), // any address in this DLL
+ &self);
+}
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+#endif
+
#endif // QT_NO_DBUS