diff --git a/Tools/ecl_ekf/process_logdata_ekf.py b/Tools/ecl_ekf/process_logdata_ekf.py
index 301da3cf95..5e04edee73 100755
--- a/Tools/ecl_ekf/process_logdata_ekf.py
+++ b/Tools/ecl_ekf/process_logdata_ekf.py
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 import argparse
 import os
+
+# matplotlib don't use Xwindows backend (must be before pyplot import)
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.use('Agg')
+
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np