diff --git a/docs/Doxyfile.local b/docs/Doxyfile.local
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efe76d5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Doxyfile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+### KApiDox Project-specific Overrides File
+
+# define so that deprecated API is not skipped
+PREDEFINED += \
+    "PLASMA_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_SINCE(x, y)=1" \
+    "PLASMA_BUILD_DEPRECATED_SINCE(x, y)=1" \
+    "PLASMA_DEPRECATED_VERSION(x, y, t)="
diff --git a/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
index 62eb64119..41edf273f 100644
--- a/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ if(BUILD_QCH)
             PLASMA_EXPORT
             PLASMA_DEPRECATED
             PLASMA_DEPRECATED_EXPORT
+            "PLASMA_DEPRECATED_VERSION(x, y, t)"
         TAGFILE_INSTALL_DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QTQCHDIR}
         QCH_INSTALL_DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QTQCHDIR}
         COMPONENT Devel