diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/CMakeLists.txt
index b5b960c0057..d948d76ace6 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ qt_add_executable(convert
     main.cpp
     nullconverter.cpp nullconverter.h
     textconverter.cpp textconverter.h
+    variantorderedmap.h
     xmlconverter.cpp xmlconverter.h
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/cborconverter.cpp b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/cborconverter.cpp
index c3a36618a37..4ee86535aad 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/cborconverter.cpp
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/cborconverter.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
 
 #include "cborconverter.h"
+#include "variantorderedmap.h"
 
 #include <QCborArray>
 #include <QCborMap>
diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/convert.pro b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/convert.pro
index 5f4d8c203e0..c4c6e6722a4 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/convert.pro
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/convert.pro
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ HEADERS += \
     jsonconverter.h \
     nullconverter.h \
     textconverter.h \
+    variantorderedmap.h \
     xmlconverter.h
diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/converter.h b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/converter.h
index 13e1ec29d57..4bf567dbdd4 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/converter.h
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/converter.h
@@ -5,22 +5,8 @@
 #define CONVERTER_H
 
 #include <QIODevice>
-#include <QList>
-#include <QPair>
+#include <QStringList>
 #include <QVariant>
-#include <QVariantMap>
-
-class VariantOrderedMap : public QList<QPair<QVariant, QVariant>>
-{
-public:
-    VariantOrderedMap() = default;
-    VariantOrderedMap(const QVariantMap &map)
-    {
-        reserve(map.size());
-        for (auto it = map.begin(); it != map.end(); ++it)
-            append({it.key(), it.value()});
-    }
-};
 
 class Converter
 {
diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/datastreamconverter.cpp b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/datastreamconverter.cpp
index 5bb003352a3..ce28fcb98eb 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/datastreamconverter.cpp
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/datastreamconverter.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "datastreamconverter.h"
 #include "debugtextdumper.h"
+#include "variantorderedmap.h"
 
 #include <QDataStream>
 
diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/debugtextdumper.cpp b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/debugtextdumper.cpp
index be0bbc66ee5..2415e32f440 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/debugtextdumper.cpp
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/debugtextdumper.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
 
 #include "debugtextdumper.h"
+#include "variantorderedmap.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QTextStream>
diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/variantorderedmap.h b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/variantorderedmap.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c65316b182d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/variantorderedmap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
+
+#ifndef VARIANTORDEREDMAP_H
+#define VARIANTORDEREDMAP_H
+
+#include <QList>
+#include <QPair>
+#include <QVariant>
+#include <QVariantMap>
+
+class VariantOrderedMap : public QList<QPair<QVariant, QVariant>>
+{
+public:
+    VariantOrderedMap() = default;
+    VariantOrderedMap(const QVariantMap &map)
+    {
+        reserve(map.size());
+        for (auto it = map.begin(); it != map.end(); ++it)
+            append({it.key(), it.value()});
+    }
+};
+
+#endif // VARIANTORDEREDMAP_H
diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/xmlconverter.cpp b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/xmlconverter.cpp
index 039d8af616a..ef71fecb9f2 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/xmlconverter.cpp
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/convert/xmlconverter.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause
 
 #include "xmlconverter.h"
+#include "variantorderedmap.h"
 
 #include <QBitArray>
 #include <QtCborCommon>