diff --git a/src/tools/moc/moc.cpp b/src/tools/moc/moc.cpp
index 8a5abd30201..5e2ba18a005 100644
--- a/src/tools/moc/moc.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/moc/moc.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ bool Moc::parseClassHead(ClassDef *def)
             return false;
     } while (token);
 
+    // support attributes like "class [[deprecated]]] name"
+    skipCxxAttributes();
+
     if (!test(IDENTIFIER)) // typedef struct { ... }
         return false;
     QByteArray name = lexem();
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/moc/cxx-attributes.h b/tests/auto/tools/moc/cxx-attributes.h
index 799a13293cc..6301d7804ca 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/moc/cxx-attributes.h
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/moc/cxx-attributes.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ QT_WARNING_PUSH
 QT_WARNING_DISABLE_CLANG("-Wunknown-attributes")
 QT_WARNING_DISABLE_GCC("-Wattributes")
 
-class CppAttribute : public QObject
+class [[deprecated]] CppAttribute : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 signals: