2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/libpyside/pyside.cpp b/sources/pyside6/libpyside/pyside.cpp
index 75b3eb16f..22230703e 100644
--- a/sources/pyside6/libpyside/pyside.cpp
+++ b/sources/pyside6/libpyside/pyside.cpp
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ void initQApp()
      */
     if (!qApp)
         Py_DECREF(MakeQAppWrapper(nullptr));
+
+    // PYSIDE-1470: Register a function to destroy an application from shiboken.
+    setDestroyQApplication(destroyQCoreApplication);
 }
 
 PyObject *getMetaDataFromQObject(QObject *cppSelf, PyObject *self, PyObject *name)
diff --git a/sources/pyside6/tests/pysidetest/qapp_like_a_macro_test.py b/sources/pyside6/tests/pysidetest/qapp_like_a_macro_test.py
index 2a796cea8..2233b1b33 100644
--- a/sources/pyside6/tests/pysidetest/qapp_like_a_macro_test.py
+++ b/sources/pyside6/tests/pysidetest/qapp_like_a_macro_test.py
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ class qAppMacroTest(unittest.TestCase):
         classes = (QtCore.QCoreApplication,
                    QtGui.QGuiApplication,
                    QtWidgets.QApplication)
+        fil = sys.stderr
         for klass in classes:
-            print("created", klass([]))
+            print("CREATED", klass([]), file=fil); fil.flush()
             qApp.shutdown()
-            print("deleted qApp", qApp)
+            print("DELETED qApp", qApp, file=fil); fil.flush()
         # creating without deletion raises:
         QtCore.QCoreApplication([])
         with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):