diff --git a/autotests/integration/emptywindow.qml b/autotests/integration/emptywindow.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21a35c696f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/integration/emptywindow.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+    KWin - the KDE window manager
+    This file is part of the KDE project.
+
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+*/
+
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
+
+ApplicationWindow
+{
+    visible: true
+    title: "Banana"
+}
diff --git a/autotests/integration/inputmethod_test.cpp b/autotests/integration/inputmethod_test.cpp
index 37713d25bb..53803d08cb 100644
--- a/autotests/integration/inputmethod_test.cpp
+++ b/autotests/integration/inputmethod_test.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void InputMethodTest::initTestCase()
     QVERIFY(waylandServer()->init(s_socketName));
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(kwinApp()->platform(), "setVirtualOutputs", Qt::DirectConnection, Q_ARG(int, 2));
 
-    static_cast<WaylandTestApplication *>(kwinApp())->setInputMethodServerToStart("internal");
+    static_cast<WaylandTestApplication *>(kwinApp())->setInputMethodServerToStart("qml " + QFINDTESTDATA("emptywindow.qml"));
     kwinApp()->start();
     QVERIFY(applicationStartedSpy.wait());
     QCOMPARE(screens()->count(), 2);