diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
index 1047c8c0aa..c55d7d6911 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "qmetatype.h"
 #include "qmetatype_p.h"
+#include "qobject.h"
 #include "qobjectdefs.h"
 #include "qdatetime.h"
 #include "qbytearray.h"