diff --git a/include/wx/qt/evtloop.h b/include/wx/qt/evtloop.h
index bb725e63d8..dbdbd6a5a0 100644
--- a/include/wx/qt/evtloop.h
+++ b/include/wx/qt/evtloop.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define _WX_QT_EVTLOOP_H_
 
 class QTimer;
+class QEventLoop;
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxQtEventLoopBase : public wxEventLoopBase
 {
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public:
 protected:
 
 private:
+    QEventLoop *m_qtEventLoop;
     QTimer *m_qtIdleTimer;
     
     wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxQtEventLoopBase);
diff --git a/src/qt/evtloop.cpp b/src/qt/evtloop.cpp
index 3a6bd2e6b7..132d6533c2 100644
--- a/src/qt/evtloop.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/evtloop.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QAbstractEventDispatcher>
 #include <QtCore/QSocketNotifier>
 #include <QtCore/QTimer>
+#include <QtCore/QEventLoop>
 
 #include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ void wxQtIdleTimer::idle()
     // Process pending events
     if ( wxTheApp )
         wxTheApp->ProcessPendingEvents();
-    
+
     // Send idle event
     if ( m_eventLoop->ProcessIdle() )
         m_eventLoop->ScheduleIdleCheck();
@@ -77,11 +78,15 @@ wxQtEventLoopBase::wxQtEventLoopBase()
     // Pass all events to the idle timer, so it can be restarted each time
     // an event is received
     qApp->installEventFilter( m_qtIdleTimer );
+
+
+    m_qtEventLoop = new QEventLoop;
 }
 
 wxQtEventLoopBase::~wxQtEventLoopBase()
 {
     qApp->removeEventFilter(m_qtIdleTimer);
+    delete m_qtEventLoop;
     delete m_qtIdleTimer;
 }
 
@@ -89,44 +94,31 @@ void wxQtEventLoopBase::ScheduleExit(int rc)
 {
     wxCHECK_RET( IsInsideRun(), wxT("can't call ScheduleExit() if not started") );
     m_shouldExit = true;
-    QCoreApplication::exit( rc );
+    m_qtEventLoop->exit(rc);
 }
 
 int wxQtEventLoopBase::DoRun()
 {
-    int ret;
-
-    // This is placed inside of a loop to take into account nested event loops
-    while ( !m_shouldExit )
-    {
-        // This will print Qt warnins if app already started:
-        // "QCoreApplication::exec: The event loop is already running"
-        // TODO: check the loopLevel (nested) like in wxGTK
-        ret = QCoreApplication::exec();
-        // process pending events (if exec was started previously)
-        // TODO: use a real new QEventLoop() ?
-        QCoreApplication::processEvents();
-    }
+    const int ret = m_qtEventLoop->exec();
     OnExit();
     return ret;
 }
 
 bool wxQtEventLoopBase::Pending() const
 {
-    return QCoreApplication::hasPendingEvents();
+    QAbstractEventDispatcher *instance = QAbstractEventDispatcher::instance();
+    return instance->hasPendingEvents();
 }
 
 bool wxQtEventLoopBase::Dispatch()
 {
-    QCoreApplication::processEvents();
-
+    m_qtEventLoop->processEvents();
     return true;
 }
 
 int wxQtEventLoopBase::DispatchTimeout(unsigned long timeout)
 {
-    QCoreApplication::processEvents( QEventLoop::AllEvents, timeout );
-
+    m_qtEventLoop->processEvents(QEventLoop::AllEvents, timeout);
     return true;
 }