diff --git a/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pro b/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pro
index 14113fb072..e5e28a4c38 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/qmltooling/qmldbg_tcp/qmldbg_tcp.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+load(qt_module)
+
 TARGET = qmldbg_tcp
-QT       += declarative network
+QT       += declarative-private network
 
 include($$QT_SOURCE_TREE/src/plugins/qpluginbase.pri)