diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
index 90f2e47cd3..5f055d436a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ void QPlainTextEditPrivate::init(const QString &txt)
     q->setFocusPolicy(Qt::WheelFocus);
     q->setAttribute(Qt::WA_KeyCompression);
     q->setAttribute(Qt::WA_InputMethodEnabled);
+    q->setInputMethodHints(Qt::ImhMultiLine);
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
     viewport->setCursor(Qt::IBeamCursor);