diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineprofile.cpp b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineprofile.cpp
index a678fe5facaaac8a0429163475ed1d06dc5a8500..6e734cf66b3f30ffa5d142c455319f52388d18b3 100644
--- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineprofile.cpp
+++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineprofile.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ void QQuickWebEngineProfilePrivate::downloadUpdated(const DownloadItemInfo &info
 QQuickWebEngineProfile::QQuickWebEngineProfile()
     : d_ptr(new QQuickWebEngineProfilePrivate(new BrowserContextAdapter(false)))
 {
+    // Sets up the global WebEngineContext
+    QQuickWebEngineProfile::defaultProfile();
     d_ptr->q_ptr = this;
 }