diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
index 7abda84bfa7..72e95c996cb 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/private/qthread_p.h>
 #include <QtCore/qdir.h>
 #include <QtDebug>
+#include "qaccessible.h"
 #include <qpalette.h>
 #include <qscreen.h>
 #include "qsessionmanager.h"
@@ -1184,6 +1185,9 @@ QPlatformNativeInterface *QGuiApplication::platformNativeInterface()
 */
 int QGuiApplication::exec()
 {
+#ifndef QT_NO_ACCESSIBILITY
+    QAccessible::setRootObject(qApp);
+#endif
     return QCoreApplication::exec();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index 4922e2e7787..9d3c5f86160 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 
 #include "qplatformdefs.h"
 #include "qabstracteventdispatcher.h"
-#include "qaccessible.h"
 #include "qapplication.h"
 #include "qclipboard.h"
 #include "qcursor.h"
@@ -2662,9 +2661,6 @@ int QApplication::startDragDistance()
 */
 int QApplication::exec()
 {
-#ifndef QT_NO_ACCESSIBILITY
-    QAccessible::setRootObject(qApp);
-#endif
     return QGuiApplication::exec();
 }