diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
index 5387d549c6c..2dcfa336297 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobject.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 
 #include <private/qorderedmutexlocker_p.h>
 #include <private/qhooks_p.h>
+#include <qtcore_tracepoints_p.h>
 
 #include <new>
 
@@ -820,6 +821,7 @@ QObject::QObject(QObject *parent)
 #endif
     if (Q_UNLIKELY(qtHookData[QHooks::AddQObject]))
         reinterpret_cast<QHooks::AddQObjectCallback>(qtHookData[QHooks::AddQObject])(this);
+    Q_TRACE(QObject_ctor, this);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -855,6 +857,7 @@ QObject::QObject(QObjectPrivate &dd, QObject *parent)
 #endif
     if (Q_UNLIKELY(qtHookData[QHooks::AddQObject]))
         reinterpret_cast<QHooks::AddQObjectCallback>(qtHookData[QHooks::AddQObject])(this);
+    Q_TRACE(QObject_ctor, this);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -1030,6 +1033,8 @@ QObject::~QObject()
     if (Q_UNLIKELY(qtHookData[QHooks::RemoveQObject]))
         reinterpret_cast<QHooks::RemoveQObjectCallback>(qtHookData[QHooks::RemoveQObject])(this);
 
+    Q_TRACE(QObject_dtor, this);
+
     if (d->parent)        // remove it from parent object
         d->setParent_helper(0);
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/qtcore.tracepoints b/src/corelib/qtcore.tracepoints
index 391e4087e55..2e78490ab54 100644
--- a/src/corelib/qtcore.tracepoints
+++ b/src/corelib/qtcore.tracepoints
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ QCoreApplication_notify_entry(QObject *receiver, QEvent *event, int type)
 QCoreApplication_notify_event_filtered(QObject *receiver, QEvent *event, int type)
 QCoreApplication_notify_before_delivery(QObject *receiver, QEvent *event, int type)
 QCoreApplication_notify_after_delivery(QObject *receiver, QEvent *event, int type, bool consumed)
+
+QObject_ctor(QObject *object)
+QObject_dtor(QObject *object)