diff --git a/common/include/Utilities/AppTrait.h b/common/include/Utilities/AppTrait.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..005f157999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/include/Utilities/AppTrait.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*  PCSX2 - PS2 Emulator for PCs
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002-2014  PCSX2 Dev Team
+ *
+ *  PCSX2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  PCSX2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with PCSX2.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <wx/apptrait.h>
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  Pcsx2AppTraits
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Overrides and customizes some default wxWidgets behaviors.  This class is instanized by
+// calls to Pcsx2App::CreateTraits(), which is called from wxWidgets as-needed.  wxWidgets
+// does cache an instance of the traits, so the object construction need not be trivial
+// (translation: it can be complicated-ish -- it won't affect performance).
+//
+class Pcsx2AppTraits : public wxGUIAppTraits
+{
+	typedef wxGUIAppTraits _parent;
+
+public:
+	virtual ~Pcsx2AppTraits() {}
+	wxMessageOutput* CreateMessageOutput();
+
+#ifdef wxUSE_STDPATHS
+#if wxMAJOR_VERSION < 3
+	wxStandardPathsBase& GetStandardPaths();
+#else
+	wxStandardPaths& GetStandardPaths();
+#endif
+#endif
+};
+
diff --git a/common/include/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.h b/common/include/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.h
index ea6a29e99f..b9deec52b3 100644
--- a/common/include/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.h
+++ b/common/include/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "Threading.h"
 #include "wxGuiTools.h"
 #include "pxEvents.h"
+#include "AppTrait.h"
 
 using namespace Threading;
 
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ public:
 	wxAppWithHelpers();
 	virtual ~wxAppWithHelpers() {}
 
+	wxAppTraits* CreateTraits();
+
 	void CleanUp();
 	
 	void DeleteObject( BaseDeletableObject& obj );
diff --git a/common/src/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.cpp b/common/src/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.cpp
index 6092142f2b..e86e9edf31 100644
--- a/common/src/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.cpp
+++ b/common/src/Utilities/wxAppWithHelpers.cpp
@@ -664,6 +664,18 @@ void wxAppWithHelpers::OnDeleteObject( wxCommandEvent& evt )
 	delete (BaseDeletableObject*)evt.GetClientData();
 }
 
+// In theory we create a Pcsx2App object which inherit from wxAppWithHelpers,
+// so Pcsx2App::CreateTraits must be used instead.
+//
+// However it doesn't work this way because wxAppWithHelpers constructor will
+// be called first. This constructor will build some wx objects (here wxTimer)
+// that require a trait. In others word, wxAppWithHelpers::CreateTraits will be
+// called instead
+wxAppTraits* wxAppWithHelpers::CreateTraits()
+{
+	return new Pcsx2AppTraits;
+}
+
 // Threads have their own deletion handler that propagates exceptions thrown by the thread to the UI.
 // (thus we have a fairly automatic threaded exception system!)
 void wxAppWithHelpers::OnDeleteThread( wxCommandEvent& evt )
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/App.h b/pcsx2/gui/App.h
index c552fce261..ad9330d6e4 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/App.h
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/App.h
@@ -362,31 +362,6 @@ public:
 	}
 };
 
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//  Pcsx2AppTraits
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Overrides and customizes some default wxWidgets behaviors.  This class is instanized by
-// calls to Pcsx2App::CreateTraits(), which is called from wxWidgets as-needed.  wxWidgets
-// does cache an instance of the traits, so the object construction need not be trivial
-// (translation: it can be complicated-ish -- it won't affect performance).
-//
-class Pcsx2AppTraits : public wxGUIAppTraits
-{
-	typedef wxGUIAppTraits _parent;
-
-public:
-	virtual ~Pcsx2AppTraits() {}
-	wxMessageOutput* CreateMessageOutput();
-
-#ifdef wxUSE_STDPATHS
-#if wxMAJOR_VERSION < 3
-	wxStandardPathsBase& GetStandardPaths();
-#else
-	wxStandardPaths& GetStandardPaths();
-#endif
-#endif
-};
-
 // =====================================================================================================
 //  Pcsx2App  -  main wxApp class
 // =====================================================================================================
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/AppMain.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/AppMain.cpp
index 286bbc92f7..b5548af4b0 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/AppMain.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/AppMain.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "Debugger/DisassemblyDialog.h"
 
 #include "Utilities/IniInterface.h"
+#include "Utilities/AppTrait.h"
 
 #include <wx/stdpaths.h>