diff --git a/test/gtk/change_password.py b/test/gtk/change_password.py
index 1c4c0484caaab9a8f517b92582d372d265938f63..e87a1f33b0803da1239f94cbe494ca672b08d258 100644
--- a/test/gtk/change_password.py
+++ b/test/gtk/change_password.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 from gajim.common.const import CSSPriority
 
+from gajim import gui
+gui.init('gtk')
+
 from gajim.gui.change_password import ChangePassword
 
 from test.gtk import util