diff --git a/src/dialogs/addemaildialog.cpp b/src/dialogs/addemaildialog.cpp
index 25a9d7377..01d12b44c 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/addemaildialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialogs/addemaildialog.cpp
@@ -1,127 +1,127 @@
 /* -*- mode: c++; c-basic-offset:4 -*-
     dialogs/addemaildialog.cpp
 
     This file is part of Kleopatra, the KDE keymanager
     Copyright (c) 2019 g10 Code GmbH
 
     Kleopatra is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 */
 
 #include <config-kleopatra.h>
 
 #include "addemaildialog.h"
 
 #include <utils/validation.h>
 
 #include <QString>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
 #include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include "kleopatra_debug.h"
 
 using namespace Kleo;
 using namespace Kleo::Dialogs;
 
 class AddEmailDialog::Private
 {
 public:
     Private(AddEmailDialog *qq):
         q(qq),
         mAdvancedSelected(false)
     {
         auto mainLay = new QVBoxLayout(q);
 
         auto btnBox = new QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox::Ok | QDialogButtonBox::Cancel);
         mOkButton = btnBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok);
         QObject::connect (btnBox, &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, q, [this] () {
                 q->accept();
             });
         QObject::connect (btnBox, &QDialogButtonBox::rejected, q, &QDialog::reject);
 
         btnBox->addButton(i18n("Advanced"), QDialogButtonBox::HelpRole);
         QObject::connect (btnBox, &QDialogButtonBox::helpRequested, q, [this] () {
                 mAdvancedSelected = true;
                 q->accept();
             });
 
 
         mainLay->addStretch(-1);
 
         auto emailLay = new QHBoxLayout;
         auto emailLbl = new QLabel(i18n("EMail") + QLatin1Char(':'));
-        mEmailEdit = new QLineEdit;
-        mEmailEdit->setValidator(Validation::email());
+        mEmailEdit = new QLineEdit(q);
+        mEmailEdit->setValidator(Validation::email(mEmailEdit));
 
         connect(mEmailEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, q, [this] () {
                 mOkButton->setEnabled(!mEmailEdit->text().isEmpty() && mEmailEdit->hasAcceptableInput());
             });
 
         emailLbl->setBuddy(mEmailEdit);
 
         emailLay->addWidget(emailLbl);
         emailLay->addWidget(mEmailEdit);
 
         mainLay->addLayout(emailLay);
         mainLay->addWidget(btnBox);
         mOkButton->setEnabled(!mEmailEdit->text().isEmpty() && mEmailEdit->hasAcceptableInput());
     }
 
     AddEmailDialog *q;
     QPushButton *mOkButton;
     QLineEdit *mEmailEdit;
     bool mAdvancedSelected;
 };
 
 AddEmailDialog::AddEmailDialog(QWidget *parent):
     QDialog(parent),
     d(new Private(this))
 {
     setWindowTitle(i18nc("@title:window", "Add New EMail"));
 }
 
 AddEmailDialog::~AddEmailDialog()
 {
 }
 
 void AddEmailDialog::setEmail(const QString &email)
 {
     return d->mEmailEdit->setText(email);
 }
 
 QString AddEmailDialog::email() const
 {
     return d->mEmailEdit->text().trimmed();
 }
 
 bool AddEmailDialog::advancedSelected()
 {
     return d->mAdvancedSelected;
 }