diff --git a/src/gui/doc/snippets/snippets.pro b/src/gui/doc/snippets/snippets.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9d818e83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/doc/snippets/snippets.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+TEMPLATE = subdirs
+SUBDIRS =
+
+contains(QT_BUILD_PARTS, tests) {
+    SUBDIRS +=
+}