diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.cpp
index 3ca8dd214f..718bc5e6c2 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.cpp
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ QString const GuiSymbols::getBlock(char_type c) const
 
 void GuiSymbols::dispatchParams()
 {
-	dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_SELF_INSERT, fromqstr(chosenLE->text())));
+	dispatch(FuncRequest(getLfun(), fromqstr(chosenLE->text())));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.h b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.h
index 9dce0e2920..cf2507782f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiSymbols.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public:
 	void dispatchParams();
 	void enableView(bool enable);
 	bool isBufferDependent() const { return true; }
+	virtual kb_action getLfun() const { return LFUN_SELF_INSERT; }
 	//@}
 
 public Q_SLOTS: