diff --git a/src/gui/animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp b/src/gui/animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp
index 34abbca282..2cd31696ba 100644
--- a/src/gui/animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/animation/qguivariantanimation.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ template<> Q_INLINE_TEMPLATE QQuaternion _q_interpolate(const QQuaternion &f,con
     return QQuaternion::slerp(f, t, progress);
 }
 
-static void qRegisterGuiGetInterpolator()
+void qRegisterGuiGetInterpolator()
 {
     qRegisterAnimationInterpolator<QColor>(_q_interpolateVariant<QColor>);
     qRegisterAnimationInterpolator<QVector2D>(_q_interpolateVariant<QVector2D>);
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
index 8ccff4321d..1894dbf3ba 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ bool QGuiApplicationPrivate::noGrab = false;
 static qreal fontSmoothingGamma = 1.7;
 
 extern void qRegisterGuiVariant();
+extern void qRegisterGuiGetInterpolator();
 extern void qInitDrawhelperAsm();
 extern void qInitImageConversions();
 
@@ -1274,6 +1275,9 @@ void QGuiApplicationPrivate::init()
     // trigger registering of QVariant's GUI types
     qRegisterGuiVariant();
 
+    // trigger registering of animation interpolators
+    qRegisterGuiGetInterpolator();
+
     QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::eventTime.start();
 
     is_app_running = true;