diff --git a/src/game/game.cpp b/src/game/game.cpp
index c34e9aaf614b3d9c519bfaae8a31f046e080c2dc..5443f144f4cbc96cede044d08d3e97d7e69545d0 100644
--- a/src/game/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game/game.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@ Game::~Game()
 bool Game::start(const QString &command)
 {
     stop();                                   // Close old session if there's one
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 15, 0)
+    QStringList splitArguments = QProcess::splitCommand(command);
+    if (!splitArguments.isEmpty()) {
+        const QString prog = splitArguments.takeFirst();
+        m_process.start(prog, splitArguments);
+    }
+#else
     m_process.start(command, QStringList());      // Start new process with provided command
+#endif
     if (!m_process.waitForStarted()) {        // Blocking wait for process start
         m_response = QLatin1String("Unable to execute command: ") + command;
         //qCDebug(KIGO_LOG) << m_response;