diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_headersclean.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_headersclean.prf
index 4128392997e..ab0a7226286 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_headersclean.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_headersclean.prf
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ TARGET = tst_headersclean
 
 includes =
 for(q, QT) {
-    qn = $$eval(QT.$${q}.name)
+    sq = $$replace(q, -private\$, )
+    qn = $$eval(QT.$${sq}.name)
     isEmpty(qn): \
         QT -= $$q
     else: \
diff --git a/tests/auto/other/headersclean/headersclean.pro b/tests/auto/other/headersclean/headersclean.pro
index 4965064b88d..73e0c5dd561 100644
--- a/tests/auto/other/headersclean/headersclean.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/other/headersclean/headersclean.pro
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-QT = core concurrent network dbus xml sql testlib gui opengl widgets printsupport platformsupport
+QT = core concurrent network dbus xml sql testlib gui opengl widgets printsupport platformsupport-private
 load(qt_headersclean)
 DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0