diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
index ec07dda5cd0..095c16fa945 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "qmetatype.h"
 #include "qmetatype_p.h"
+#include "qobject.h"
 #include "qobjectdefs.h"
 #include "qdatetime.h"
 #include "qbytearray.h"