diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/metainfo/metainfo.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/metainfo/metainfo.cpp
index 71448ab33630a5c1c471ecd52ea430b68103f4f6..18dacbea75369a5d8ea70d5f394452e10eb46dcb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/metainfo/metainfo.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/metainfo/metainfo.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <QPair>
 #include <QtAlgorithms>
 #include <QMetaProperty>
+#include <QmlEngine>
 #include <QmlMetaType>
 #include <private/qmlgraphicsanchors_p.h>
 
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ void MetaInfoPrivate::clear()
 
 void MetaInfoPrivate::initialize()
 {
+    // make sure QmlGraphicsItemsModule gets initialized, that is
+    // QmlGraphicsItemsModule::defineModule called
+    QmlEngine engine;
+    Q_UNUSED(engine);
+
     parseQmlTypes();
     parseNonQmlTypes();
     parseValueTypes();