diff --git a/src/gui/filedetails/NCInputDateField.qml b/src/gui/filedetails/NCInputDateField.qml
index ea3f0b6e8f..9d1e7ce76c 100644
--- a/src/gui/filedetails/NCInputDateField.qml
+++ b/src/gui/filedetails/NCInputDateField.qml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ NCInputTextField {
     property alias maximumDate: backend.maximumDate
     property alias maximumDateMs: backend.maximumDateMsecs
 
+    inputMethodHints: Qt.ImhDate
     validInput: backend.validDate
     text: backend.dateString
     onTextChanged: backend.dateString = text