diff --git a/src/bugzillaintegration/libbugzilla/clients/commands/newbug.cpp b/src/bugzillaintegration/libbugzilla/clients/commands/newbug.cpp
index b456348a..e683e123 100644
--- a/src/bugzillaintegration/libbugzilla/clients/commands/newbug.cpp
+++ b/src/bugzillaintegration/libbugzilla/clients/commands/newbug.cpp
@@ -1,37 +1,42 @@
 /*
     Copyright 2019 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
     later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
     successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
     act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 #include "newbug.h"
 
 #include <QMetaProperty>
 
 namespace Bugzilla {
 
+NewBug::NewBug(QObject *parent)
+    : JsonCommand(parent)
+{
+}
+
 NewBug::NewBug(const NewBug &other)
     : JsonCommand(other.parent())
 {
     const auto propertyCount = staticMetaObject.propertyCount();
     for (int i = 0; i < propertyCount; ++i) {
         const auto property = staticMetaObject.property(i);
         property.write(this, property.read(&other));
     }
 }
 
 } // namespace Bugzilla
diff --git a/src/bugzillaintegration/libbugzilla/clients/commands/newbug.h b/src/bugzillaintegration/libbugzilla/clients/commands/newbug.h
index 56a8a8fb..abfb5e97 100644
--- a/src/bugzillaintegration/libbugzilla/clients/commands/newbug.h
+++ b/src/bugzillaintegration/libbugzilla/clients/commands/newbug.h
@@ -1,48 +1,49 @@
 /*
     Copyright 2019 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
     later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
     successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
     act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 #ifndef NEWBUG_H
 #define NEWBUG_H
 
 #include "jsoncommand.h"
 
 namespace Bugzilla {
 
 class NewBug : public JsonCommand
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, product);
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, component);
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, summary); // aka shortdesc
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, version);
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, description);
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, op_sys);
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, platform);
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, priority);
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QString, severity);
     BUGZILLA_MEMBER_PROPERTY(QStringList, keywords); // not documented but also supported
 public:
-    using JsonCommand::JsonCommand;
+    // only needed because we impl the copy ctor, otherwise this could be `using`
+    explicit NewBug(QObject *parent = nullptr);
     NewBug(const NewBug &other);
 };
 
 } // namespace Bugzilla
 
 #endif // NEWBUG_H