diff --git a/clients/oxygen/oxygenclient.cpp b/clients/oxygen/oxygenclient.cpp
index ec330c8ce6..675ae69332 100644
--- a/clients/oxygen/oxygenclient.cpp
+++ b/clients/oxygen/oxygenclient.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ void OxygenClient::init()
 
     widget()->setAutoFillBackground(false);
     widget()->setAttribute(Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent);
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#warning This wastes quite a lot of memory.
+#endif
+    widget()->setAttribute(Qt::WA_PaintOnScreen, false);
 }
 
 bool OxygenClient::decorationBehaviour(DecorationBehaviour behaviour) const