diff --git a/linphone-desktop/src/components/contact/ContactModel.cpp b/linphone-desktop/src/components/contact/ContactModel.cpp
index 23680b20d..13ba01fc6 100644
--- a/linphone-desktop/src/components/contact/ContactModel.cpp
+++ b/linphone-desktop/src/components/contact/ContactModel.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 // =============================================================================
 
-ContactModel::ContactModel (shared_ptr<linphone::Friend> linphone_friend) {
+ContactModel::ContactModel (QObject *parent, shared_ptr<linphone::Friend> linphone_friend) : QObject(parent) {
   m_linphone_friend = linphone_friend;
   m_vcard = make_shared<VcardModel>(linphone_friend->getVcard());
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ContactModel::ContactModel (shared_ptr<linphone::Friend> linphone_friend) {
   m_linphone_friend->setData("contact-model", *this);
 }
 
-ContactModel::ContactModel (VcardModel *vcard) {
+ContactModel::ContactModel (QObject *parent, VcardModel *vcard) : QObject(parent) {
   Q_ASSERT(vcard != nullptr);
 
   QQmlEngine *engine = App::getInstance()->getEngine();
diff --git a/linphone-desktop/src/components/contact/ContactModel.hpp b/linphone-desktop/src/components/contact/ContactModel.hpp
index 59902be40..6d2591985 100644
--- a/linphone-desktop/src/components/contact/ContactModel.hpp
+++ b/linphone-desktop/src/components/contact/ContactModel.hpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class ContactModel : public QObject {
   friend class SmartSearchBarModel;
 
 public:
-  ContactModel (std::shared_ptr<linphone::Friend> linphone_friend);
-  ContactModel (VcardModel *vcard);
+  ContactModel (QObject *parent, std::shared_ptr<linphone::Friend> linphone_friend);
+  ContactModel (QObject *parent, VcardModel *vcard);
   ~ContactModel () = default;
 
   std::shared_ptr<VcardModel> getVcardModel () const {
diff --git a/linphone-desktop/src/components/contacts/ContactsListModel.cpp b/linphone-desktop/src/components/contacts/ContactsListModel.cpp
index a315edead..21ead4aa5 100644
--- a/linphone-desktop/src/components/contacts/ContactsListModel.cpp
+++ b/linphone-desktop/src/components/contacts/ContactsListModel.cpp
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@ ContactsListModel::ContactsListModel (QObject *parent) : QAbstractListModel(pare
 
   // Init contacts with linphone friends list.
   for (const auto &friend_ : m_linphone_friends->getFriends()) {
-    ContactModel *contact = new ContactModel(friend_);
+    ContactModel *contact = new ContactModel(this, friend_);
 
     // See: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtqml-cppintegration-data.html#data-ownership
     // The returned value must have a explicit parent or a QQmlEngine::CppOwnership.
-    App::getInstance()->getEngine()->setObjectOwnership(
-      contact, QQmlEngine::CppOwnership
-    );
+    App::getInstance()->getEngine()->setObjectOwnership(contact, QQmlEngine::CppOwnership);
 
     addContact(contact);
   }
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ bool ContactsListModel::removeRows (int row, int count, const QModelIndex &paren
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ContactModel *ContactsListModel::addContact (VcardModel *vcard) {
-  ContactModel *contact = new ContactModel(vcard);
+  ContactModel *contact = new ContactModel(this, vcard);
   App::getInstance()->getEngine()->setObjectOwnership(contact, QQmlEngine::CppOwnership);
 
   qInfo() << "Add contact:" << contact;