diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsondb.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsondb.inc
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+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsondb.inc
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+require qt5module.inc
+
+DEPENDS += "qtdeclarative icu"
+
+LICENSE = "BSD & LGPL-2.1 & GFDL-1.3"
+# this is for latest SRCREV:
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/doc/src/qtjsondb.qdoc;endline=26;md5=757f4eda130ceff3ca0985dde715af07 \
+                    file://${S}/examples/jsondb-client/example.qml;endline=39;md5=5213e8171c07d54db7107f29ac2f7b5e \
+                    file://${S}/src/client/qjsondbglobal.h;endline=40;md5=34f5660524f0d70941d0416511ef49a0 \
+"
+
+INC_PR = "r0"
+
+PACKAGES += "${PN}-qmlplugins ${PN}-qmlplugins-dbg"
+
+FILES_${PN}-qmlplugins = " \
+    ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_QML}/QtJsonDb/qmldir \
+    ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_QML}/QtJsonDb/libjsondbplugin.so \
+"
+FILES_${PN}-qmlplugins-dbg = " \
+    ${OE_QMAKE_PATH_QML}/QtJsonDb/.debug \
+"
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsondb_git.bb b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsondb_git.bb
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index 0000000000..8e9bebe670
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+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsondb_git.bb
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+require ${PN}.inc
+require qt5-git.inc
+
+PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
+
+# qtjsondb wasn't released yet, last tag before this SRCREV isn't even 5.0.0-beta1, but lets use it for now
+PV = "4.999+5.0.0-beta1+git${SRCPV}"
+
+SRCREV = "c7c1e61bb5beddc3f4502548fd9ee498f1534e67"