diff --git a/backends/libircclient-qt/main.cpp b/backends/libircclient-qt/main.cpp
index 346fd4ad59e43f98e8f7b9866f1b836930e845a8..2815cb4a8f6649fe589164e00593bf717f732f9d 100644
--- a/backends/libircclient-qt/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/libircclient-qt/main.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class IRCNetworkPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 				return;
 			m_sessions[user]->addAutoJoinChannel(QString::fromStdString(room));
 			m_sessions[user]->join(QString::fromStdString(room), QString::fromStdString(password));
+			// update nickname, because we have nickname per session, no nickname per room.
+			handleRoomChanged(user, room, m_sessions[user]->nick().toStdString());
 		}
 
 		std::map<std::string, MyIrcSession *> m_sessions;