diff --git a/src/widgets/CMakeLists.txt b/src/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
index a3e5a6c713b..3babfad76bc 100644
--- a/src/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/widgets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -838,7 +838,11 @@ qt_internal_extend_target(Widgets CONDITION NOT QT_FEATURE_xcb
 )
 
 
-qt_internal_create_tracepoints(Widgets qtwidgets.tracepoints)
+qt_internal_generate_tracepoints(Widgets widgets
+    SOURCES
+        kernel/qapplication.cpp
+)
+
 qt_internal_add_docs(Widgets
     doc/qtwidgets.qdocconf
 )
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index fd71cdb0aa1..0317884b24c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
 
+Q_TRACE_METADATA(qtwidgets, "ENUM { AUTO, RANGE User ... MaxUser } QEvent::Type;");
+Q_TRACE_POINT(qtwidgets, QApplication_notify_entry, QObject *receiver, QEvent *event, QEvent::Type type);
+Q_TRACE_POINT(qtwidgets, QApplication_notify_exit, bool consumed, bool filtered);
+
 // Helper macro for static functions to check on the existence of the application class.
 #define CHECK_QAPP_INSTANCE(...) \
     if (Q_LIKELY(QCoreApplication::instance())) { \