diff --git a/src/historymodel.cpp b/src/historymodel.cpp
index 2fd0370e6be249c9b5b7efe5b1e847fea231310c..5d1b6465cb7019ca4724b0f2a294400ef295a788 100644
--- a/src/historymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/historymodel.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,11 @@ void HistoryModel::clearAllBackends() const
          backend->clear();
       }
    }
+
+   //TODO Remove this
+   //Clear the daemon history backend as apparently the Gnome client wont
+   //Use its native backend anytime soon
+   DBus::ConfigurationManager::instance().clearHistory();
 }