diff --git a/src/printsupport/kernel/qplatformprintplugin.cpp b/src/printsupport/kernel/qplatformprintplugin.cpp
index 9a7656f7d6..6f470b835c 100644
--- a/src/printsupport/kernel/qplatformprintplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/printsupport/kernel/qplatformprintplugin.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QCocoaPrinterSupportPlugin)
+#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QWindowsPrinterSupportPlugin)
+#endif
+
 Q_GLOBAL_STATIC_WITH_ARGS(QFactoryLoader, loader,
     (QPlatformPrinterSupportFactoryInterface_iid, QLatin1String("/printsupport"), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
 
diff --git a/src/printsupport/platform/macos/qcocoaprintersupport.mm b/src/printsupport/platform/macos/qcocoaprintersupport.mm
index 64a63241e7..a9c536964d 100644
--- a/src/printsupport/platform/macos/qcocoaprintersupport.mm
+++ b/src/printsupport/platform/macos/qcocoaprintersupport.mm
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ QPlatformPrinterSupport *QCocoaPrinterSupportPlugin::create(const QString &key)
     return new QCocoaPrinterSupport();
 }
 
-Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QCocoaPrinterSupportPlugin)
-
 #include "qcocoaprintersupport.moc"
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/printsupport/platform/windows/qwindowsprintersupport.cpp b/src/printsupport/platform/windows/qwindowsprintersupport.cpp
index fbf11fe93e..8d8322dca9 100644
--- a/src/printsupport/platform/windows/qwindowsprintersupport.cpp
+++ b/src/printsupport/platform/windows/qwindowsprintersupport.cpp
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ QPlatformPrinterSupport *QWindowsPrinterSupportPlugin::create(const QString &key
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QWindowsPrinterSupportPlugin)
-
 #include "qwindowsprintersupport.moc"
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE