diff --git a/examples/styling/jkqtpstyleplaintextedit.cpp b/examples/styling/jkqtpstyleplaintextedit.cpp
index 6c06c8d8f9..b53f2cd9f2 100644
--- a/examples/styling/jkqtpstyleplaintextedit.cpp
+++ b/examples/styling/jkqtpstyleplaintextedit.cpp
@@ -277,11 +277,12 @@ void JKQTPStylePlainTextEdit::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)
            act=new QAction(jkqtp_makeQColorIcon(jkqtp_String2QColor(colName)), colName);
            connect(act, &QAction::triggered, std::bind(std::mem_fn(&JKQTPStylePlainTextEdit::changeCurrentLineValueTo), this, act->text()));
            menuPal->addAction(act);
+#if (QT_VERSION>=QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 12, 0))
            colName="placeholdertext";
            act=new QAction(jkqtp_makeQColorIcon(jkqtp_String2QColor(colName)), colName);
            connect(act, &QAction::triggered, std::bind(std::mem_fn(&JKQTPStylePlainTextEdit::changeCurrentLineValueTo), this, act->text()));
            menuPal->addAction(act);
-
+#endif
            int trans;
            trans=100;          colName=QString::number(trans)+"%";
            act=new QAction(jkqtp_makeQColorIcon(QColor(0,0,255,(100-trans)*255/100)), colName);
diff --git a/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpstringtools.cpp b/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpstringtools.cpp
index fa820140b3..24597e6444 100644
--- a/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpstringtools.cpp
+++ b/lib/jkqtcommon/jkqtpstringtools.cpp
@@ -554,8 +554,9 @@ QColor jkqtp_lookupQColorName(const QString &color) {
    if (col=="norole") return QGuiApplication::palette().color(QPalette::NoRole);
    if (col=="tooltipbase") return QGuiApplication::palette().color(QPalette::ToolTipBase);
    if (col=="tooltiptext") return QGuiApplication::palette().color(QPalette::ToolTipText);
+#if (QT_VERSION>=QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 12, 0))
    if (col=="placeholdertext") return QGuiApplication::palette().color(QPalette::PlaceholderText);
-
+#endif
 
    for (int i=0; i<rgbTblSize; i++) {
        if (col==rgbTbl[i].name) return QColor(rgbTbl[i].value);