diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/qt5nodeinstanceserver.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/qt5nodeinstanceserver.cpp
index c47ca87b130..d4a33d91524 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/qt5nodeinstanceserver.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/qt5nodeinstanceserver.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 #include <QtQuick/private/qsgcontext_p.h>
 #include <QtQuick/private/qsgrenderer_p.h>
 #include <QtQuick/private/qsgrhilayer_p.h>
+#else
+#include <QtQuick/private/qquickitem_p.h>
 #endif
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {