diff --git a/src/libs/utils/persistentsettings.cpp b/src/libs/utils/persistentsettings.cpp
index 23d2aaf2889..de6e8838165 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/persistentsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/persistentsettings.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ namespace Utils {
 
 struct Context // Basic context containing element name string constants.
 {
+    Context() {}
     const QString qtCreatorElement = QString("qtcreator");
     const QString dataElement = QString("data");
     const QString variableElement = QString("variable");