diff --git a/src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/eventdispatchers.pri b/src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/eventdispatchers.pri
index 6e16a46b34..ec556486b1 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/eventdispatchers.pri
+++ b/src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/eventdispatchers.pri
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ HEADERS +=\
     $$PWD/qgenericunixeventdispatcher_p.h\
 }
 
+ios {
+OBJECTIVE_SOURCES +=\
+    $$PWD/qioseventdispatcher.mm
+
+HEADERS +=\
+    $$PWD/qioseventdispatcher_p.h
+}
+
 contains(QT_CONFIG, glib) {
     SOURCES +=$$PWD/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp
     HEADERS +=$$PWD/qeventdispatcher_glib_p.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qioseventdispatcher.mm b/src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/qioseventdispatcher.mm
similarity index 99%
rename from src/plugins/platforms/ios/qioseventdispatcher.mm
rename to src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/qioseventdispatcher.mm
index e9bf039047..f8f8cc15ad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qioseventdispatcher.mm
+++ b/src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/qioseventdispatcher.mm
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#include "qioseventdispatcher.h"
-#import "qiosapplicationdelegate.h"
+#include "qioseventdispatcher_p.h"
 #include <qdebug.h>
 #include <qpa/qwindowsysteminterface.h>
 #include <QtCore/QThread>
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qioseventdispatcher.h b/src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/qioseventdispatcher_p.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/platforms/ios/qioseventdispatcher.h
rename to src/platformsupport/eventdispatchers/qioseventdispatcher_p.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/ios.pro b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/ios.pro
index 6ce0ca748e..f485191c2b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/ios.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/ios.pro
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ OBJECTIVE_SOURCES = \
     qiosintegration.mm \
     qioswindow.mm \
     qiosscreen.mm \
-    qioseventdispatcher.mm \
     qiosbackingstore.mm \
     qiosapplicationdelegate.mm \
     qiosviewcontroller.mm \
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ HEADERS = \
     qiosintegration.h \
     qioswindow.h \
     qiosscreen.h \
-    qioseventdispatcher.h \
     qiosbackingstore.h \
     qiosapplicationdelegate.h \
     qiosviewcontroller.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiosintegration.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiosintegration.mm
index d04864d724..c6d189abec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiosintegration.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiosintegration.mm
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 #include "qioswindow.h"
 #include "qiosbackingstore.h"
 #include "qiosscreen.h"
-#include "qioseventdispatcher.h"
 #include "qioscontext.h"
 #include "qiosinputcontext.h"
 #include "qiostheme.h"
 
+#include <QtPlatformSupport/private/qioseventdispatcher_p.h>
 #include <QtPlatformSupport/private/qcoretextfontdatabase_p.h>
 #include <QDir>