diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.cpp
index a74a7ef..1b55383 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowscontext.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <windowsx.h>
+#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+#  include <comdef.h>
+#endif
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -309,6 +312,14 @@ QWindowsContextPrivate::QWindowsContextPrivate()
         m_systemInfo |= QWindowsContext::SI_RTL_Extensions;
         m_keyMapper.setUseRTLExtensions(true);
     }
+#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    if (FAILED(m_oleInitializeResult)) {
+       _com_error error(m_oleInitializeResult);
+       qWarning() << __FUNCTION__ << "OleInitialize() failed"
+                  << hex << showbase <<  quintptr(m_oleInitializeResult)
+                  << QString::fromWCharArray(error.ErrorMessage());
+    }
+#endif // Q_CC_MSVC && !Q_OS_WINCE
 }
 
 QWindowsContext::QWindowsContext() :