diff --git a/src/gui/animation/animation.pri b/src/gui/animation/animation.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..add9ae7119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/animation/animation.pri
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SOURCES += \
+        animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp
diff --git a/src/widgets/animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp b/src/gui/animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/widgets/animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp
rename to src/gui/animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.pro b/src/gui/gui.pro
index 2cee31fce1..e6a820b5c4 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.pro
+++ b/src/gui/gui.pro
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ include(painting/painting.pri)
 include(util/util.pri)
 include(math3d/math3d.pri)
 include(opengl/opengl.pri)
+include(animation/animation.pri)
 
 QMAKE_LIBS += $$QMAKE_LIBS_GUI
 
@@ -150,4 +151,4 @@ win32:!contains(QT_CONFIG, directwrite) {
         sse2: SOURCES += $$SSE2_SOURCES
         ssse3: SOURCES += $$SSSE3_SOURCES
         iwmmxt: SOURCES += $$IWMMXT_SOURCES
-    }
+    }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/widgets/animation/animation.pri b/src/widgets/animation/animation.pri
deleted file mode 100644
index 27763ca003..0000000000
--- a/src/widgets/animation/animation.pri
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Qt gui animation module
-
-SOURCES += animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets.pro b/src/widgets/widgets.pro
index 8f6a9713f6..596e8a994a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets.pro
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets.pro
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ mac:include(kernel/mac.pri)
 win32:include(kernel/win.pri)
 
 #modules
-include(animation/animation.pri)
 include(kernel/kernel.pri)
 include(styles/styles.pri)
 include(widgets/widgets.pri)