diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 6e1f8ff1b2..84f99088e0 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -2522,6 +2522,7 @@ static const TypeInfo qxl_primary_info = {
     .parent        = TYPE_PCI_QXL,
     .class_init    = qxl_primary_class_init,
 };
+module_obj("qxl-vga");
 
 static void qxl_secondary_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
@@ -2538,6 +2539,7 @@ static const TypeInfo qxl_secondary_info = {
     .parent        = TYPE_PCI_QXL,
     .class_init    = qxl_secondary_class_init,
 };
+module_obj("qxl");
 
 static void qxl_register_types(void)
 {
@@ -2547,3 +2549,5 @@ static void qxl_register_types(void)
 }
 
 type_init(qxl_register_types)
+
+module_dep("ui-spice-core");