diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qreadwritelock/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qreadwritelock/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b81229024b..6b30794aef1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qreadwritelock/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qreadwritelock/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@
 qt_internal_add_test(tst_qreadwritelock
     SOURCES
         tst_qreadwritelock.cpp
+    PUBLIC_LIBRARIES
+        Qt::TestPrivate
 )
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qreadwritelock/tst_qreadwritelock.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qreadwritelock/tst_qreadwritelock.cpp
index ca282e2723d..af5fe4a203b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qreadwritelock/tst_qreadwritelock.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/thread/qreadwritelock/tst_qreadwritelock.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <qmutex.h>
 #include <qthread.h>
 #include <qwaitcondition.h>
+#include <private/qemulationdetector_p.h>
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -696,6 +697,9 @@ void tst_QReadWriteLock::multipleReadersBlockRelease()
 */
 void tst_QReadWriteLock::multipleReadersLoop()
 {
+    if (QTestPrivate::isRunningArmOnX86())
+        QSKIP("Flaky on QEMU, QTBUG-96103");
+
     int time=500;
     int hold=250;
     int wait=0;