diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
index d8593cb1fd8..18aa6cc3811 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
@@ -299,35 +299,53 @@ ExamplesViewController::ExamplesViewController(ExampleSetModel *exampleSetModel,
     updateExamples();
 }
 
-static bool isValidExampleOrDemo(ExampleItem *item)
+static std::function<bool(ExampleItem *)> isValidExampleOrDemo(
+    const QSet<QString> &instructionalsModules)
 {
-    QTC_ASSERT(item, return false);
-    if (item->type == Tutorial)
-        return true;
-    static QString invalidPrefix = QLatin1String("qthelp:////"); /* means that the qthelp url
+    return [instructionalsModules](ExampleItem *item) -> bool {
+        QTC_ASSERT(item, return false);
+        if (item->type == Tutorial)
+            return true;
+        static QString invalidPrefix = QLatin1String("qthelp:////"); /* means that the qthelp url
                                                                     doesn't have any namespace */
-    QString reason;
-    bool ok = true;
-    if (!item->hasSourceCode || !item->projectPath.exists()) {
-        ok = false;
-        reason = QString::fromLatin1("projectPath \"%1\" empty or does not exist")
-                     .arg(item->projectPath.toUserOutput());
-    } else if (item->imageUrl.startsWith(invalidPrefix) || !QUrl(item->imageUrl).isValid()) {
-        ok = false;
-        reason = QString::fromLatin1("imageUrl \"%1\" not valid").arg(item->imageUrl);
-    } else if (!item->docUrl.isEmpty()
-               && (item->docUrl.startsWith(invalidPrefix) || !QUrl(item->docUrl).isValid())) {
-        ok = false;
-        reason = QString::fromLatin1("docUrl \"%1\" non-empty but not valid").arg(item->docUrl);
-    }
-    if (!ok) {
-        item->tags.append(QLatin1String("broken"));
-        qCDebug(log) << QString::fromLatin1("ERROR: Item \"%1\" broken: %2").arg(item->name, reason);
-    }
-    if (item->description.isEmpty())
-        qCDebug(log) << QString::fromLatin1("WARNING: Item \"%1\" has no description")
-                            .arg(item->name);
-    return ok || debugExamples();
+        QString reason;
+        bool ok = true;
+        if (!item->hasSourceCode || !item->projectPath.exists()) {
+            ok = false;
+            reason = QString::fromLatin1("projectPath \"%1\" empty or does not exist")
+                         .arg(item->projectPath.toUserOutput());
+        } else if (item->imageUrl.startsWith(invalidPrefix) || !QUrl(item->imageUrl).isValid()) {
+            ok = false;
+            reason = QString::fromLatin1("imageUrl \"%1\" not valid").arg(item->imageUrl);
+        } else if (!item->docUrl.isEmpty()
+                   && (item->docUrl.startsWith(invalidPrefix) || !QUrl(item->docUrl).isValid())) {
+            ok = false;
+            reason = QString::fromLatin1("docUrl \"%1\" non-empty but not valid").arg(item->docUrl);
+        }
+        if (!ok) {
+            item->tags.append(QLatin1String("broken"));
+            qCDebug(log) << QString::fromLatin1("ERROR: Item \"%1\" broken: %2")
+                                .arg(item->name, reason);
+        }
+        if (item->description.isEmpty())
+            qCDebug(log) << QString::fromLatin1("WARNING: Item \"%1\" has no description")
+                                .arg(item->name);
+        // a single docdependencies entry is a string of items concatenated with ','
+        // the collected meta data can be a list of this
+        for (const QString &entry : item->metaData.value("docdependencies")) {
+            const QStringList deps = entry.split(',');
+            for (const QString &dep : deps) {
+                if (!instructionalsModules.contains(dep)) {
+                    item->tags.append("unresolvedDependency");
+                    qCDebug(log) << QLatin1String("INFO: Item \"%1\" requires \"%2\"")
+                                        .arg(item->name, dep);
+                    ok = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return ok || debugExamples();
+    };
 }
 
 // ordered list of "known" categories
@@ -365,6 +383,7 @@ void ExamplesViewController::updateExamples()
                                                                   &demosInstallPath,
                                                                   &qtVersion,
                                                                   m_isExamples);
+    QSet<QString> instructionalsModules;
     QStringList categoryOrder;
     QList<ExampleItem *> items;
     for (const QString &exampleSource : sources) {
@@ -382,10 +401,12 @@ void ExamplesViewController::updateExamples()
                          << result.error();
             continue;
         }
-        items += filtered(result->items, isValidExampleOrDemo);
+        instructionalsModules.insert(result->instructionalsModule);
+        items += result->items;
         if (categoryOrder.isEmpty())
             categoryOrder = result->categoryOrder;
     }
+    items = filtered(items, isValidExampleOrDemo(instructionalsModules));
 
     if (m_isExamples) {
         if (m_exampleSetModel->selectedQtSupports(Android::Constants::ANDROID_DEVICE_TYPE)) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/examplesparser.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/examplesparser.cpp
index 293c19ecb8f..678a3a3139d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/examplesparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/examplesparser.cpp
@@ -283,20 +283,21 @@ expected_str<ParsedExamples> parseExamples(const QByteArray &manifestData,
                                            const bool examples)
 {
     const FilePath path = manifestPath.parentDir();
-    QStringList categoryOrder;
-    QList<ExampleItem *> items;
+    ParsedExamples result;
     QXmlStreamReader reader(manifestData);
     while (!reader.atEnd()) {
         switch (reader.readNext()) {
         case QXmlStreamReader::StartElement:
-            if (categoryOrder.isEmpty() && reader.name() == QLatin1String("categories"))
-                categoryOrder = parseCategories(&reader);
+            if (reader.name() == QLatin1String("instructionals"))
+                result.instructionalsModule = reader.attributes().value("module").toString();
+            else if (result.categoryOrder.isEmpty() && reader.name() == QLatin1String("categories"))
+                result.categoryOrder = parseCategories(&reader);
             else if (examples && reader.name() == QLatin1String("examples"))
-                items += parseExamples(&reader, path, examplesInstallPath);
+                result.items += parseExamples(&reader, path, examplesInstallPath);
             else if (examples && reader.name() == QLatin1String("demos"))
-                items += parseDemos(&reader, path, demosInstallPath);
+                result.items += parseDemos(&reader, path, demosInstallPath);
             else if (!examples && reader.name() == QLatin1String("tutorials"))
-                items += parseTutorials(&reader, path);
+                result.items += parseTutorials(&reader, path);
             break;
         default: // nothing
             break;
@@ -304,14 +305,14 @@ expected_str<ParsedExamples> parseExamples(const QByteArray &manifestData,
     }
 
     if (reader.hasError()) {
-        qDeleteAll(items);
+        qDeleteAll(result.items);
         return make_unexpected(QString("Could not parse file \"%1\" as XML document: %2:%3: %4")
                                    .arg(manifestPath.toUserOutput())
                                    .arg(reader.lineNumber())
                                    .arg(reader.columnNumber())
                                    .arg(reader.errorString()));
     }
-    return {{items, categoryOrder}};
+    return result;
 }
 
 static bool sortByHighlightedAndName(ExampleItem *first, ExampleItem *second)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/examplesparser.h b/src/plugins/qtsupport/examplesparser.h
index aee539ad62b..645cf08739e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/examplesparser.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/examplesparser.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public:
 class QTSUPPORT_TEST_EXPORT ParsedExamples
 {
 public:
+    QString instructionalsModule;
     QList<ExampleItem *> items;
     QStringList categoryOrder;
 };
diff --git a/tests/auto/examples/tst_examples.cpp b/tests/auto/examples/tst_examples.cpp
index 5d30c8710b5..81077499d85 100644
--- a/tests/auto/examples/tst_examples.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/examples/tst_examples.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static ExampleItem fetchItem()
 void tst_Examples::parsing_data()
 {
     QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("data");
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("instructionalsModule");
     QTest::addColumn<bool>("isExamples");
     QTest::addColumn<QString>("name");
     QTest::addColumn<QString>("description");
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ void tst_Examples::parsing_data()
 
     QTest::addRow("example")
         << QByteArray(R"raw(
-  <instructionals module="Qt">
+  <instructionals module="QtGui">
     <examples>
         <example docUrl="qthelp://org.qt-project.qtwidgets.660/qtwidgets/qtwidgets-widgets-analogclock-example.html"
                  imageUrl="qthelp://org.qt-project.qtwidgets.660/qtwidgets/images/analogclock-example.png"
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ void tst_Examples::parsing_data()
         <category>Embedded</category>
     </categories>
   </instructionals>
- )raw") << /*isExamples=*/true
-        << "Analog Clock"
+ )raw") << "QtGui"
+        << /*isExamples=*/true << "Analog Clock"
         << "The Analog Clock example shows how to draw the contents of a custom widget."
         << "qthelp://org.qt-project.qtwidgets.660/qtwidgets/images/analogclock-example.png"
         << QStringList{"ios", "widgets"}
@@ -140,17 +141,18 @@ void tst_Examples::parsing_data()
 
     QTest::addRow("no category, highlighted")
         << QByteArray(R"raw(
-  <instructionals module="Qt">
+  <instructionals module="QtQuick3D">
     <examples>
         <example name="No Category, highlighted"
                  isHighlighted="true">
         </example>
     </examples>
   </instructionals>
- )raw") << /*isExamples=*/true
-        << "No Category, highlighted" << QString() << QString() << QStringList()
-        << FilePath("examples") << QString() << FilePaths() << FilePath() << FilePaths() << Example
-        << /*hasSourceCode=*/false << false << /*isHighlighted=*/true << ""
+ )raw") << "QtQuick3D"
+        << /*isExamples=*/true << "No Category, highlighted" << QString() << QString()
+        << QStringList() << FilePath("examples") << QString() << FilePaths() << FilePath()
+        << FilePaths() << Example << /*hasSourceCode=*/false << false << /*isHighlighted=*/true
+        << ""
         << "" << QStringList() << MetaData() << QStringList{"Featured"} << QStringList();
 
     QTest::addRow("tutorial with category")
@@ -172,8 +174,8 @@ void tst_Examples::parsing_data()
       </tutorial>
     </tutorials>
   </instructionals>
-)raw") << /*isExamples=*/false
-        << "A tutorial"
+)raw") << "Qt"
+        << /*isExamples=*/false << "A tutorial"
         << "A dummy tutorial."
         << ":qtsupport/images/icons/tutorialicon.png"
         << QStringList{"qt creator", "build", "compile", "help"} << FilePath()
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ void tst_Examples::parsing_data()
 void tst_Examples::parsing()
 {
     QFETCH(QByteArray, data);
+    QFETCH(QString, instructionalsModule);
     QFETCH(bool, isExamples);
     QFETCH(QStringList, categories);
     QFETCH(QStringList, categoryOrder);
@@ -198,6 +201,7 @@ void tst_Examples::parsing()
                                                               FilePath("demos"),
                                                               isExamples);
     QVERIFY(result);
+    QCOMPARE(result->instructionalsModule, instructionalsModule);
     QCOMPARE(result->categoryOrder, categoryOrder);
     QCOMPARE(result->items.size(), 1);
     const ExampleItem item = *result->items.at(0);