4 files changed, 6 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qlayoutitem.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qlayoutitem.cpp
index 860f1cc193..664334d725 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qlayoutitem.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qlayoutitem.cpp
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ bool QWidgetItem::hasHeightForWidth() const
 {
     if (isEmpty())
         return false;
-    return wid->d_func()->hasHeightForWidth();
+    return wid->hasHeightForWidth();
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index f095e475af..44995f0959 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -9226,19 +9226,12 @@ int QWidget::heightForWidth(int w) const
 
 
 /*!
-    \internal
-
-    *virtual private*
-
-    This is a bit hackish, but ideally we would have created a virtual function
-    in the public API (however, too late...) so that subclasses could reimplement 
-    their own function.
-    Instead we add a virtual function to QWidgetPrivate.
-    ### Qt5: move to public class and make virtual
+    Returns true if the widget's preferred height depends on its width; otherwise returns false.
 */ 
-bool QWidgetPrivate::hasHeightForWidth() const
+bool QWidget::hasHeightForWidth() const
 {
-    return layout ? layout->hasHeightForWidth() : size_policy.hasHeightForWidth();
+    Q_D(const QWidget);
+    return d->layout ? d->layout->hasHeightForWidth() : d->size_policy.hasHeightForWidth();
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.h b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.h
index 0594fd6f50..78b693c78d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.h
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.h
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ public:
     void setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy);
     inline void setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Policy horizontal, QSizePolicy::Policy vertical);
     virtual int heightForWidth(int) const;
+    virtual bool hasHeightForWidth() const;
 
     QRegion visibleRegion() const;
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
index 0da0c65aaa..8b66f14540 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ public:
 
     bool setMinimumSize_helper(int &minw, int &minh);
     bool setMaximumSize_helper(int &maxw, int &maxh);
-    virtual bool hasHeightForWidth() const;
     void setConstraints_sys();
     bool pointInsideRectAndMask(const QPoint &) const;
     QWidget *childAt_helper(const QPoint &, bool) const;