4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.cpp b/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.cpp
index d22e7ead23..07520899f5 100644
--- a/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.cpp
+++ b/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,3 @@ QString EchoPlugin::echo(const QString &message)
     return message;
 }
 //! [0]
-
-//! [1]
-Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2(echoplugin, EchoPlugin);
-//! [1]
diff --git a/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.h b/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.h
index d5e24b3b76..47373fc8cb 100644
--- a/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.h
+++ b/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define ECHOPLUGIN_H
 
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QtPlugin>
 #include "echoplugin.h"
 #include "echointerface.h"
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 class EchoPlugin : public QObject, EchoInterface
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.qt-project.Qt.Examples.EchoInterface" FILE "echoplugin.json")
     Q_INTERFACES(EchoInterface)
 
 public:
diff --git a/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.json b/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0967ef424b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/echoplugin.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/plugin.pro b/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/plugin.pro
index 2be6de80d1..308c1b8236 100644
--- a/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/plugin.pro
+++ b/examples/tools/echoplugin/plugin/plugin.pro
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CONFIG         += plugin
 INCLUDEPATH    += ../echowindow
 HEADERS         = echoplugin.h
 SOURCES         = echoplugin.cpp
+OTHER_FILES    += echoplugin.json
 TARGET          = $$qtLibraryTarget(echoplugin)
 DESTDIR         = ../plugins
 #! [0]