diff --git a/src/corelib/global/global.pri b/src/corelib/global/global.pri
index 428c674307..10af46b41a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/global.pri
+++ b/src/corelib/global/global.pri
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ HEADERS +=  \
         global/qsystemdetection.h \
         global/qcompilerdetection.h \
         global/qprocessordetection.h \
+        global/qmemory_p.h \
 	global/qnamespace.h \
         global/qendian.h \
         global/qendian_p.h \
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qmemory_p.h b/src/corelib/global/qmemory_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac791385bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qmemory_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2019 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Marc Mutz <marc.mutz@kdab.com>
+** Contact: http://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL3 included in the
+** packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 requirements
+** will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 2.0 or (at your option) the GNU General
+** Public license version 3 or any later version approved by the KDE Free
+** Qt Foundation. The licenses are as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL2 and LICENSE.GPL3
+** included in the packaging of this file. Please review the following
+** information to ensure the GNU General Public License requirements will
+** be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html and
+** https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef QMEMORY_P_H
+#define QMEMORY_P_H
+
+//
+//  W A R N I N G
+//  -------------
+//
+// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
+// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
+// version without notice, or even be removed.
+//
+// We mean it.
+//
+
+#include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+// Like std::make_unique, but less ambitious, so keep as private API, for use in Qt itself:
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+typename std::enable_if<!std::is_array<T>::value, std::unique_ptr<T>>::type
+qt_make_unique(Args &&...args)
+{
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>{new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...)};
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif /* QMEMORY_P_H */