diff --git a/tests/prebuild/license/tst_licenses.pl b/tests/prebuild/license/tst_licenses.pl
index bcfc835..064aa5c 100755
--- a/tests/prebuild/license/tst_licenses.pl
+++ b/tests/prebuild/license/tst_licenses.pl
@@ -491,6 +491,8 @@ sub run
     # Get module name without the preceding path
     $moduleName = basename ($QT_MODULE_TO_TEST);

+    # workaround to skip the validation of qtqa for qt5#5.4 due to license headers
+    push @excludedModules, "qtqa" if ('qt5' eq $moduleName);
     # Skip the test (and return success) if we don't want to scan this module
     if (grep { $_ eq $moduleName } @excludedModules) {
         plan skip_all => "$moduleName is excluded from license checks";