diff -r 41300fa6a67c -r f7bc934e204c src/gui/image/qiconloader.cpp
--- a/src/gui/image/qiconloader.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:43:10 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/gui/image/qiconloader.cpp	Wed Mar 31 11:06:36 2010 +0300
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
 ** All rights reserved.
 ** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
 **
@@ -85,19 +85,30 @@
 }
 
 QIconLoader::QIconLoader() :
-        m_themeKey(1), m_supportsSvg(false)
+        m_themeKey(1), m_supportsSvg(false), m_initialized(false)
+{
+}
+
+// We lazily initialize the loader to make static icons
+// work. Though we do not officially support this.
+void QIconLoader::ensureInitialized()
 {
-    m_systemTheme = qt_guiPlatformPlugin()->systemIconThemeName();
-    if (m_systemTheme.isEmpty())
-        m_systemTheme = fallbackTheme();
+    if (!m_initialized) {
+        m_initialized = true;
 
+        Q_ASSERT(qApp);
+
+        m_systemTheme = qt_guiPlatformPlugin()->systemIconThemeName();
+        if (m_systemTheme.isEmpty())
+            m_systemTheme = fallbackTheme();
 #ifndef QT_NO_LIBRARY
-    QFactoryLoader iconFactoryLoader(QIconEngineFactoryInterfaceV2_iid,
-                                     QLatin1String("/iconengines"),
-                                     Qt::CaseInsensitive);
-    if (iconFactoryLoader.keys().contains(QLatin1String("svg")))
-        m_supportsSvg = true;
+        QFactoryLoader iconFactoryLoader(QIconEngineFactoryInterfaceV2_iid,
+                                         QLatin1String("/iconengines"),
+                                         Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+        if (iconFactoryLoader.keys().contains(QLatin1String("svg")))
+            m_supportsSvg = true;
 #endif //QT_NO_LIBRARY
+    }
 }
 
 QIconLoader *QIconLoader::instance()
@@ -339,6 +350,9 @@
 // Lazily load the icon
 void QIconLoaderEngine::ensureLoaded()
 {
+
+    iconLoaderInstance()->ensureInitialized();
+
     if (!(iconLoaderInstance()->themeKey() == m_key)) {
 
         while (!m_entries.isEmpty())