diff --git a/src/preferences/tracker/TrackerPreferences.rdef b/src/preferences/tracker/TrackerPreferences.rdef
index 2f1c15e747..3b77c409fe 100644
--- a/src/preferences/tracker/TrackerPreferences.rdef
+++ b/src/preferences/tracker/TrackerPreferences.rdef
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ resource app_version {
 	long_info  = "Tracker Preferences Launcher ©2009 Haiku"
 };
 
-resource app_flags B_SINGLE_LAUNCH;
+resource app_flags B_SINGLE_LAUNCH | B_BACKGROUND_APP;
 
 resource vector_icon {
 	$"6E636966120500040068020106023ECFFF0000000000003EFFFF486000474000"