diff --git a/src/core/kconfigwatcher.h b/src/core/kconfigwatcher.h
--- a/src/core/kconfigwatcher.h
+++ b/src/core/kconfigwatcher.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
      */
     static Ptr create(const KSharedConfig::Ptr &config);
 
+    ~KConfigWatcher() override;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     /**
      * Emitted when a config group has changed
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@
 private:
     KConfigWatcher(const KSharedConfig::Ptr &config);
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(KConfigWatcher)
-    KConfigWatcherPrivate *const d;
+    const QScopedPointer<KConfigWatcherPrivate> d;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core/kconfigwatcher.cpp b/src/core/kconfigwatcher.cpp
--- a/src/core/kconfigwatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kconfigwatcher.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+KConfigWatcher::~KConfigWatcher() = default;
+
 void KConfigWatcher::onConfigChangeNotification(const QHash<QString, QByteArrayList> &changes)
 {
     //should we ever need it we can determine the file changed with  QDbusContext::message().path(), but it doesn't seem too useful