diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
index 9630dd53fae..f331d6206a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
 #include <QTextCursor>
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 6, 0)
 #include <private/qtextcursor_p.h>
+#endif
 
 namespace Core {
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
index 295d9a66b49..7837fd52b53 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QTextBlock>
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 6, 0)
 #include <private/qtextcursor_p.h>
+#endif
 
 using namespace TextEditor;
 using namespace TextEditor::Internal;