diff --git a/src/tools/qmlpuppet/qmlpuppet/renderer/qmlrenderer.cpp b/src/tools/qmlpuppet/qmlpuppet/renderer/qmlrenderer.cpp
index 3b8cff54c15..f445a2804b8 100644
--- a/src/tools/qmlpuppet/qmlpuppet/renderer/qmlrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qmlpuppet/qmlpuppet/renderer/qmlrenderer.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QQmlComponent>
+#include <QQuickItem>
 
 constexpr int DEFAULT_RENDER_DIM = 300;
 constexpr int DEFAULT_MAX_DIM = 1024;