diff --git a/qelectrotech.pro b/qelectrotech.pro
index cdc190847..aaa37339c 100644
--- a/qelectrotech.pro
+++ b/qelectrotech.pro
@@ -163,3 +163,11 @@ unix {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+# From Qt 4.8, we disable the QPicture-based cache for titleblock rendering
+# because it leads to bad rendering then crash.
+contains(QT_VERSION, ^4\\.[0-7]\\..*) {
+	message("Detected Qt < 4.8: disabling QPicture-based cache for titleblock rendering.")
+	DEFINES += QET_TBT_USE_QPICTURE_BASED_CACHE
+}
+
diff --git a/sources/titleblocktemplaterenderer.cpp b/sources/titleblocktemplaterenderer.cpp
index 6fb3c71be..8a9eb9776 100644
--- a/sources/titleblocktemplaterenderer.cpp
+++ b/sources/titleblocktemplaterenderer.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int TitleBlockTemplateRenderer::height() const {
 void TitleBlockTemplateRenderer::render(QPainter *provided_painter, int titleblock_width) {
 	if (!titleblock_template_) return;
 	
+#ifdef QET_TBT_USE_QPICTURE_BASED_CACHE
 	// Do we really need to calculate all this again?
 	if (titleblock_width != last_known_titleblock_width_ || rendered_template_.isNull()) {
 		renderToQPicture(titleblock_width);
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ void TitleBlockTemplateRenderer::render(QPainter *provided_painter, int titleblo
 	provided_painter -> save();
 	rendered_template_.play(provided_painter);
 	provided_painter -> restore();
+#else
+	titleblock_template_ -> render(*provided_painter, context_, titleblock_width);
+#endif
 }
 
 /**