diff --git a/src/common/PythonManager.cpp b/src/common/PythonManager.cpp
index 0e3ca38c..b188154b 100644
--- a/src/common/PythonManager.cpp
+++ b/src/common/PythonManager.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "PythonAPI.h"
 #include "PythonManager.h"
+#include "Cutter.h"
 
 #include <marshal.h>
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ void PythonManager::shutdown()
 {
     emit willShutDown();
 
+    // This is necessary to prevent a segfault when the CutterCore instance is deleted after the Shiboken::BindingManager
+    Core()->setProperty("_PySideInvalidatePtr", QVariant());
+
     restoreThread();
 
     Py_Finalize();