diff --git a/sources/ElementsCollection/elementscollectionmodel.cpp b/sources/ElementsCollection/elementscollectionmodel.cpp
index 210886e5d..a32eeb674 100644
--- a/sources/ElementsCollection/elementscollectionmodel.cpp
+++ b/sources/ElementsCollection/elementscollectionmodel.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ ElementsCollectionModel::ElementsCollectionModel(QObject *parent) :
 {
 }
 
+/**
+	@brief ElementsCollectionModel::~ElementsCollectionModel
+	Destructor. loadCollections() may still have background threads
+	(via QtConcurrent::map()) running setUpData() on this model's items
+	when the model is destroyed (e.g. the user cancels the dialog before
+	loading finishes). Wait for them here so QStandardItemModel's
+	destructor doesn't free items out from under them, which used to
+	crash the whole application (bugtracker #291).
+*/
+ElementsCollectionModel::~ElementsCollectionModel()
+{
+	m_future.waitForFinished();
+}
+
 /**
 	@brief ElementsCollectionModel::data
 	Reimplemented from QStandardItemModel
diff --git a/sources/ElementsCollection/elementscollectionmodel.h b/sources/ElementsCollection/elementscollectionmodel.h
index 1bf12e66e..c2a7297ae 100644
--- a/sources/ElementsCollection/elementscollectionmodel.h
+++ b/sources/ElementsCollection/elementscollectionmodel.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class ElementsCollectionModel : public QStandardItemModel
 
 	public:
 		ElementsCollectionModel(QObject *parent = Q_NULLPTR);
+		~ElementsCollectionModel() override;
 
 		QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const override;
 		QMimeData *mimeData(const QModelIndexList &indexes) const override;