diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.cpp
index 4afbf822b..140095ce7 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 
 namespace TomahawkUtils
 {
-
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+    const qreal DpiScaler::s_baseDpi = 72.;
+#else
+    const qreal DpiScaler::s_baseDpi = 96.;
+#endif
 
 DpiScaler::DpiScaler( const QPaintDevice* that )
     : that( that )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.h
index 640d38c99..0876e718a 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/DpiScaler.h
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ private:
 
     const QPaintDevice* that;
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
-    static const qreal s_baseDpi = 72.;
-#else
-    static const qreal s_baseDpi = 96.;
-#endif
+    static const qreal s_baseDpi;
 };
 
 }