diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/customfilesystemmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/customfilesystemmodel.cpp
index 7a04d4598a0..1371ec8d9a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/customfilesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/customfilesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 CustomFileSystemModel::CustomFileSystemModel(QObject *parent) : QAbstractListModel(parent)
-  , m_fileSystemModel(new QFileSystemModel)
+  , m_fileSystemModel(new QFileSystemModel(this))
   , m_fileSystemWatcher(new Utils::FileSystemWatcher(this))
 {
     m_fileSystemModel->setIconProvider(new ItemLibraryFileIconProvider());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/customfilesystemmodel.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/customfilesystemmodel.h
index f61923201bd..98928486684 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/customfilesystemmodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/customfilesystemmodel.h
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@
 
 #include <QAbstractTableModel>
 #include <QDir>
-#include <QFileSystemModel>
-
-#include <memory>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QFileIconProvider;
+class QFileSystemModel;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace Utils { class FileSystemWatcher; }
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ public:
 private:
     QModelIndex fileSystemModelIndex(const QModelIndex &index) const;
 
-    std::unique_ptr<QFileSystemModel> m_fileSystemModel;
+    QFileSystemModel *m_fileSystemModel;
     QStringList m_files;
     QString m_searchFilter;
     Utils::FileSystemWatcher *m_fileSystemWatcher;