diff --git a/src/libs/utils/persistentsettings.cpp b/src/libs/utils/persistentsettings.cpp
index 790c8370c7a..6b5946ecf89 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/persistentsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/persistentsettings.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #endif
 
+#include <utils/porting.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
 // Read and write rectangle in X11 resource syntax "12x12+4+3"
@@ -188,13 +189,13 @@ private:
     enum Element { QtCreatorElement, DataElement, VariableElement,
                    SimpleValueElement, ListValueElement, MapValueElement, UnknownElement };
 
-    Element element(const QStringView &r) const;
+    Element element(const StringView &r) const;
     static inline bool isValueElement(Element e)
         { return e == SimpleValueElement || e == ListValueElement || e == MapValueElement; }
     QVariant readSimpleValue(QXmlStreamReader &r, const QXmlStreamAttributes &attributes) const;
 
     bool handleStartElement(QXmlStreamReader &r);
-    bool handleEndElement(const QStringView &name);
+    bool handleEndElement(const StringView &name);
 
     static QString formatWarning(const QXmlStreamReader &r, const QString &message);
 
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ QVariantMap ParseContext::parse(QFile &file)
 
 bool ParseContext::handleStartElement(QXmlStreamReader &r)
 {
-    const QStringView name = r.name();
+    const StringView name = r.name();
     const Element e = element(name);
     if (e == VariableElement) {
         m_currentVariableName = r.readElementText();
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ bool ParseContext::handleStartElement(QXmlStreamReader &r)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool ParseContext::handleEndElement(const QStringView &name)
+bool ParseContext::handleEndElement(const StringView &name)
 {
     const Element e = element(name);
     if (ParseContext::isValueElement(e)) {
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ QString ParseContext::formatWarning(const QXmlStreamReader &r, const QString &me
     return result;
 }
 
-ParseContext::Element ParseContext::element(const QStringView &r) const
+ParseContext::Element ParseContext::element(const StringView &r) const
 {
     if (r == valueElement)
         return SimpleValueElement;
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ ParseContext::Element ParseContext::element(const QStringView &r) const
 QVariant ParseContext::readSimpleValue(QXmlStreamReader &r, const QXmlStreamAttributes &attributes) const
 {
     // Simple value
-    const QStringView type = attributes.value(typeAttribute);
+    const StringView type = attributes.value(typeAttribute);
     const QString text = r.readElementText();
     if (type == QLatin1String("QChar")) { // Workaround: QTBUG-12345
         QTC_ASSERT(text.size() == 1, return QVariant());
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
index 53e22d793b0..cdd9d50f147 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ extend_qtc_executable(sdktool
     namevaluedictionary.cpp namevaluedictionary.h
     namevalueitem.cpp namevalueitem.h
     persistentsettings.cpp persistentsettings.h
+    porting.h
     qtcassert.cpp qtcassert.h
     qtcprocess.cpp qtcprocess.h
     savefile.cpp savefile.h
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/sdktool.pro b/src/tools/sdktool/sdktool.pro
index 1e6a6769595..207a120a1f0 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/sdktool.pro
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/sdktool.pro
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     $$UTILS/qtcassert.h \
     $$UTILS/qtcprocess.h \
     $$UTILS/savefile.h \
+    $$UTILS/porting.h
 
 macos {
     OBJECTIVE_SOURCES += \
diff --git a/src/tools/sdktool/sdktool.qbs b/src/tools/sdktool/sdktool.qbs
index 8e6408971cc..3d60c130fcb 100644
--- a/src/tools/sdktool/sdktool.qbs
+++ b/src/tools/sdktool/sdktool.qbs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ QtcTool {
             "namevaluedictionary.cpp", "namevaluedictionary.h",
             "namevalueitem.cpp", "namevalueitem.h",
             "persistentsettings.cpp", "persistentsettings.h",
+            "porting.h",
             "qtcassert.cpp", "qtcassert.h",
             "qtcprocess.cpp", "qtcprocess.h",
             "savefile.cpp", "savefile.h",