diff --git a/src/gui/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.cpp b/src/gui/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.cpp
index c342535780..c5f9616d20 100644
--- a/src/gui/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#include "qvulkanfunctions_p.h"
+#include <private/qvulkanfunctions_p.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
diff --git a/src/gui/vulkan/qvulkaninstance.cpp b/src/gui/vulkan/qvulkaninstance.cpp
index 24ffb4429b..c2ec5eccc1 100644
--- a/src/gui/vulkan/qvulkaninstance.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/vulkan/qvulkaninstance.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "qvulkaninstance.h"
-#include "qvulkanfunctions_p.h"
+#include <private/qvulkanfunctions_p.h>
 #include <qpa/qplatformvulkaninstance.h>
 #include <qpa/qplatformintegration.h>
 #include <qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h>
diff --git a/src/gui/vulkan/vulkan.pri b/src/gui/vulkan/vulkan.pri
index b9d2a9b4b5..dab8725de7 100644
--- a/src/gui/vulkan/vulkan.pri
+++ b/src/gui/vulkan/vulkan.pri
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 qtConfig(vulkan) {
+    CONFIG += generated_privates
+
     HEADERS += \
         vulkan/qvulkaninstance.h \
         vulkan/qplatformvulkaninstance.h \
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ QMAKE_QVKGEN_LICENSE_HEADER = $$QT_SOURCE_TREE/header.LGPL
 qtPrepareTool(QMAKE_QVKGEN, qvkgen)
 
 qvkgen_h.commands = $$QMAKE_QVKGEN ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} $$shell_quote($$QMAKE_QVKGEN_LICENSE_HEADER) ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT_PATH}/${QMAKE_FILE_OUT_BASE}
-qvkgen_h.output = vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.h
+qvkgen_h.output = $$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.h
 qvkgen_h.input = QMAKE_QVKGEN_INPUT
 qtConfig(vulkan): \
     qvkgen_h.variable_out = HEADERS
@@ -30,9 +32,9 @@ else: \
 QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += qvkgen_h
 
 qvkgen_ph.commands = $$escape_expand(\\n)
-qvkgen_ph.output = vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.h
+qvkgen_ph.output = $$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.h
 qvkgen_ph.input = QMAKE_QVKGEN_INPUT
-qvkgen_ph.depends += vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.h
+qvkgen_ph.depends += $$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions.h
 qtConfig(vulkan): \
     qvkgen_ph.variable_out = HEADERS
 else: \
@@ -40,9 +42,9 @@ else: \
 QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += qvkgen_ph
 
 qvkgen_pimpl.commands = $$escape_expand(\\n)
-qvkgen_pimpl.output = vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.cpp
+qvkgen_pimpl.output = $$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.cpp
 qvkgen_pimpl.input = QMAKE_QVKGEN_INPUT
-qvkgen_pimpl.depends += vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.h
+qvkgen_pimpl.depends += $$OUT_PWD/vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.h
 qtConfig(vulkan): \
     qvkgen_pimpl.variable_out = SOURCES
 else: \
diff --git a/sync.profile b/sync.profile
index 8ef2a126b3..2f68f93e53 100644
--- a/sync.profile
+++ b/sync.profile
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ my @zlib_headers = ( "zconf.h", "zlib.h" );
 @ignore_for_qt_begin_namespace_check = ( "qt_windows.h", @zlib_headers, @angle_headers);
 %inject_headers = (
     "$basedir/src/corelib/global" => [ "qconfig.h", "qconfig_p.h" ],
-    "$basedir/src/gui/vulkan" => [ "^qvulkanfunctions.h" ]
+    "$basedir/src/gui/vulkan" => [ "^qvulkanfunctions.h", "^qvulkanfunctions_p.h" ]
 );