diff --git a/docs/Doxyfile.local b/docs/Doxyfile.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cdf648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Doxyfile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+### KApiDox Project-specific Overrides File
+
+# define so that deprecated API is not skipped
+PREDEFINED += \
+    "KITEMMODELS_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_SINCE(x, y)=1" \
+    "KITEMMODELS_BUILD_DEPRECATED_SINCE(x, y)=1" \
+    "KITEMMODELS_DEPRECATED_VERSION(x, y, t)="
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 84dbfa5..50c67b0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ if(BUILD_QCH)
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
         BLANK_MACROS
             KITEMMODELS_EXPORT
+            "KITEMMODELS_DEPRECATED_VERSION(x, y, t)"
         TAGFILE_INSTALL_DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QTQCHDIR}
         QCH_INSTALL_DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QTQCHDIR}
         COMPONENT Devel