diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_result_mechanical.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_result_mechanical.py
index 231ba52dc1..470f4ffccf 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_result_mechanical.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtaskpanels/task_result_mechanical.py
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ __url__ = "https://www.freecadweb.org"
 #  \ingroup FEM
 #  \brief task panel for mechanical ResultObjectPython
 
+try:
+    import matplotlib
+    matplotlib.use("Qt5Agg")
+except Exception:
+    print("Failed to set matplotlib backend to Qt5Agg")
+
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np