diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
index 1500c38f0cca..9d3b04b0769c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ static inline QString qgettext(const QString& str)
 	return QString::fromLocal8Bit(gettext(str.latin1()));
 }
 
+ConfigSettings::ConfigSettings()
+	: QSettings("kernel.org", "qconf")
+{
+}
+
 /**
  * Reads a list of integer values from the application settings.
  */
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
index 3715b3e7212c..bde0c6b6f9e8 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class ConfigMainWindow;
 
 class ConfigSettings : public QSettings {
 public:
+	ConfigSettings();
 	Q3ValueList<int> readSizes(const QString& key, bool *ok);
 	bool writeSizes(const QString& key, const Q3ValueList<int>& value);
 };