diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilertool.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilertool.cpp
index 28bbe0fecad..17361031890 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilertool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilertool.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ PerfProfilerTool::PerfProfilerTool(QObject *parent) :
     m_filterMenu = new QMenu(m_filterButton);
     m_aggregateButton = new QToolButton;
     m_recordedLabel = new QLabel;
+    m_recordedLabel->setProperty("panelwidget", true);
     m_delayLabel = new QLabel;
+    m_delayLabel->setProperty("panelwidget", true);
 
     m_perspective.setAboutToActivateCallback([this]() { createViews(); });
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
index 1196429d7dc..3ea47f86386 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
@@ -213,9 +213,7 @@ QmlProfilerTool::QmlProfilerTool()
             this, &QmlProfilerTool::toggleVisibleFeature);
 
     d->m_timeLabel = new QLabel();
-    QPalette palette;
-    palette.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::white);
-    d->m_timeLabel->setPalette(palette);
+    d->m_timeLabel->setProperty("panelwidget", true);
     d->m_timeLabel->setIndent(10);
     updateTimeDisplay();
     connect(d->m_timeLabel, &QObject::destroyed, &d->m_recordingTimer, &QTimer::stop);