diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9bcdf4ce..b4d74220 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 [submodule "qtwebkit"]
 	depends = qtbase
 	recommends = qtdeclarative qtlocation qtmultimedia qtsensors qtwebchannel qtxmlpatterns
+	serialize = qtwebengine
 	path = qtwebkit
 	url = ../qtwebkit.git
 	branch = 5.6
diff --git a/qt.pro b/qt.pro
index f8d3d4d3..bf510fab 100644
--- a/qt.pro
+++ b/qt.pro
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ for (line, lines) {
 }
 QMAKE_INTERNAL_INCLUDED_FILES += $$PWD/.gitmodules
 
-modules = $$sort_depends(modules, module., .depends .recommends)
+modules = $$sort_depends(modules, module., .depends .recommends .serialize)
 modules = $$reverse(modules)
 for (mod, modules) {
     equals(module.$${mod}.qt, false): \
         next()
 
     deps = $$eval(module.$${mod}.depends)
-    recs = $$eval(module.$${mod}.recommends)
+    recs = $$eval(module.$${mod}.recommends) $$eval(module.$${mod}.serialize)
     for (d, $$list($$deps $$recs)): \
         !contains(modules, $$d): \
             error("'$$mod' depends on undeclared '$$d'.")