diff --git a/src/Gui/3Dconnexion/GuiNativeEventLinux.cpp b/src/Gui/3Dconnexion/GuiNativeEventLinux.cpp
index aaec4ebaf2..7f0ddd75d2 100644
--- a/src/Gui/3Dconnexion/GuiNativeEventLinux.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/3Dconnexion/GuiNativeEventLinux.cpp
@@ -21,17 +21,42 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include <FCConfig.h>
+#include <cstdio>
 
 #include "GuiNativeEventLinux.h"
 
 #include "GuiApplicationNativeEventAware.h"
 #include <Base/Console.h>
+#include <Base/FileInfo.h>
 #include <QMainWindow>
 
 #include <QSocketNotifier>
 
 #include <spnav.h>
 
+namespace {
+class RedirectStdErr
+{
+public:
+    RedirectStdErr()
+        : fi(Base::FileInfo::getTempFileName())
+        , file(stderr)
+    {
+        stderr = fopen(fi.filePath().c_str(), "w");
+    }
+    ~RedirectStdErr()
+    {
+        fclose(stderr);
+        fi.deleteFile();
+        stderr = file;
+    }
+
+private:
+    Base::FileInfo fi;
+    FILE* file;
+};
+}
+
 Gui::GuiNativeEvent::GuiNativeEvent(Gui::GUIApplicationNativeEventAware *app)
 : GuiAbstractNativeEvent(app)
 {
@@ -47,14 +72,16 @@ Gui::GuiNativeEvent::~GuiNativeEvent()
 
 void Gui::GuiNativeEvent::initSpaceball(QMainWindow *window)
 {
-	Q_UNUSED(window)
+    // tmp. redirect stderr to a file to suppress an error message from spnav_open()
+    RedirectStdErr err;
+    Q_UNUSED(window)
     if (spnav_open() == -1) {
         Base::Console().Log("Couldn't connect to spacenav daemon. Please ignore if you don't have a spacemouse.\n");
     } else {
         Base::Console().Log("Connected to spacenav daemon\n");
-		QSocketNotifier* SpacenavNotifier = new QSocketNotifier(spnav_fd(), QSocketNotifier::Read, this);
-		connect(SpacenavNotifier, SIGNAL(activated(int)), this, SLOT(pollSpacenav())); 
-		mainApp->setSpaceballPresent(true);
+        QSocketNotifier* SpacenavNotifier = new QSocketNotifier(spnav_fd(), QSocketNotifier::Read, this);
+        connect(SpacenavNotifier, SIGNAL(activated(int)), this, SLOT(pollSpacenav()));
+        mainApp->setSpaceballPresent(true);
     }
 }