diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer_impl.h b/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer_impl.h
index d3d34aa3512..f05adf8fc51 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer_impl.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer_impl.h
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ namespace QtSharedPointer {
 #endif
         inline void checkQObjectShared(...) { }
         inline void setQObjectShared(...) { }
+
+        inline void operator delete(void *ptr) { ::operator delete(ptr); }
+        inline void operator delete(void *, void *) { }
     };
     // sizeof(ExternalRefCountData) = 12 (32-bit) / 16 (64-bit)