diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9b58bc0d..470478d2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -330,3 +330,9 @@
 	url = ../qtshadertools.git
 	branch = dev
 	status = addon
+[submodule "qt5compat"]
+	depends = qtbase
+	path = qt5compat
+	url = ../qt5compat.git
+	branch = dev
+	status = deprecated
diff --git a/qt5compat b/qt5compat
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..e9c7c845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt5compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e9c7c8459f77735373079c87025891bb3d5f2c0d