diff --git a/src/xml/doc/qtxml.qdocconf b/src/xml/doc/qtxml.qdocconf
index 5b00e1cab83..0890d528c37 100644
--- a/src/xml/doc/qtxml.qdocconf
+++ b/src/xml/doc/qtxml.qdocconf
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ qhp.QtXml.subprojects.classes.sortPages = true
 
 tagfile                 = ../../../doc/qtxml/qtxml.tags
 
-depends                 += qtcore qtnetwork qtdoc qtwidgets qmake qtcmake
+depends                 += qtcore qtnetwork qtdoc qtwidgets qmake qtcmake qtcore5compat
 
 headerdirs  += ..