diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
index de9318feaad..91fdff08167 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/coreplugin.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DEFINES += CORE_LIBRARY
-QT += help \
+QT += gui-private \
+    help \
     network \
     printsupport \
     qml \
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
index 564df8ead19..9630dd53fae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/find/basetextfind.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
 #include <QTextCursor>
 
+#include <private/qtextcursor_p.h>
+
 namespace Core {
 
 struct BaseTextFindPrivate
@@ -392,8 +394,13 @@ void BaseTextFind::defineFindScope()
 {
     QTextCursor cursor = textCursor();
     if (cursor.hasSelection() && cursor.block() != cursor.document()->findBlock(cursor.anchor())) {
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,6,0)
+        d->m_findScopeStart = QTextCursorPrivate::fromPosition(document()->docHandle(), qMax(0, cursor.selectionStart()));
+        d->m_findScopeEnd = QTextCursorPrivate::fromPosition(document()->docHandle(), cursor.selectionEnd());
+#else
         d->m_findScopeStart = QTextCursor(document()->docHandle(), qMax(0, cursor.selectionStart()));
         d->m_findScopeEnd = QTextCursor(document()->docHandle(), cursor.selectionEnd());
+#endif
         d->m_findScopeVerticalBlockSelectionFirstColumn = -1;
         d->m_findScopeVerticalBlockSelectionLastColumn = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
index a4f47b2500d..e12f96e454d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 DEFINES += TEXTEDITOR_LIBRARY
-QT += network printsupport xml
+QT += gui-private network printsupport xml
 CONFIG += exceptions
 CONFIG += include_source_dir # For the highlighter autotest.
 include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
index 025b3206386..295d9a66b49 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditoroverlay.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QTextBlock>
 
+#include <private/qtextcursor_p.h>
+
 using namespace TextEditor;
 using namespace TextEditor::Internal;
 
@@ -92,8 +94,13 @@ void TextEditorOverlay::addOverlaySelection(int begin, int end,
     selection.m_fg = fg;
     selection.m_bg = bg;
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,6,0)
+    selection.m_cursor_begin = QTextCursorPrivate::fromPosition(document->docHandle(), begin);
+    selection.m_cursor_end = QTextCursorPrivate::fromPosition(document->docHandle(), end);
+#else
     selection.m_cursor_begin = QTextCursor(document->docHandle(), begin);
     selection.m_cursor_end = QTextCursor(document->docHandle(), end);
+#endif
 
     if (overlaySelectionFlags & ExpandBegin)
         selection.m_cursor_begin.setKeepPositionOnInsert(true);