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diff --git a/config.tests/common/verifyspec/verifyspec.pro b/config.tests/common/verifyspec/verifyspec.pro
index d78ed2985a..11a280e4ce 100644
--- a/config.tests/common/verifyspec/verifyspec.pro
+++ b/config.tests/common/verifyspec/verifyspec.pro
@@ -1 +1,37 @@
 SOURCES = verifyspec.cpp
+
+# Provide a function to be used by mkspecs
+defineTest(deviceSanityCheckCompiler) {
+    equals(QMAKE_HOST.os, Windows): \
+        sfx = .exe
+    else: \
+        sfx =
+
+    # Build the compiler filename using the first value in QMAKE_CXX in order to
+    # support tools like ccache, which give QMAKE_CXX values of the form:
+    #     ccache <path_to_compiler>
+    compiler = $$first(QMAKE_CXX)$$sfx
+
+    # Check if the binary exists with an absolute path. Do this check
+    # before the CROSS_COMPILE empty check below to allow the mkspec
+    # to derive the compiler path from other device options.
+    exists($$compiler): return()
+
+    # Check for possible reasons of failure
+    # check if CROSS_COMPILE device-option is set
+    isEmpty(CROSS_COMPILE): \
+        error("CROSS_COMPILE needs to be set via -device-option CROSS_COMPILE=<path>")
+
+    # Check if QMAKE_CXX points to an executable.
+    ensurePathEnv()
+    for (dir, QMAKE_PATH_ENV) {
+        exists($$dir/$${compiler}): \
+            return()
+    }
+
+    # QMAKE_CXX does not point to a compiler.
+    error("Compiler $$QMAKE_CXX not found. Check the value of CROSS_COMPILE -device-option")
+}
+
+defined(qtConfSanitizeMkspec, test): \
+    qtConfSanitizeMkspec()