diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtEditorOptionsPages.cc b/src/edt/edt/edtEditorOptionsPages.cc
index e973233c7..0d1f83d03 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtEditorOptionsPages.cc
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtEditorOptionsPages.cc
@@ -208,6 +208,15 @@ BEGIN_PROTECTED
 END_PROTECTED_W (this)
 }
 
+void
+EditorOptionsPages::accept ()
+{
+BEGIN_PROTECTED
+  do_apply ();
+  QDialog::accept ();
+END_PROTECTED_W (this)
+}
+
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  EditorOptionsGeneric implementation
 
diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtEditorOptionsPages.h b/src/edt/edt/edtEditorOptionsPages.h
index 114364afd..bdfc2a2cd 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtEditorOptionsPages.h
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtEditorOptionsPages.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ public:
 public slots:
   void apply ();
   void setup ();
+  void accept ();
 
 private:
   std::vector <edt::EditorOptionsPage *> m_pages;