6 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/armcc.conf b/mkspecs/common/armcc.conf
index 4f178d745e..443ff40db4 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/armcc.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/armcc.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # qmake configuration for armcc
 #
 
+QMAKE_COMPILER = armcc
+
 CONFIG			+= rvct_linker
 QMAKE_CC		= armcc
 QMAKE_CFLAGS		+=
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/clang.conf b/mkspecs/common/clang.conf
index 54ac56968b..8c97644044 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/clang.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/clang.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Qmake configuration for Clang on Linux and Mac
 #
 
+QMAKE_COMPILER = gcc clang llvm   # clang pretends to be gcc
+
 QMAKE_CC  = clang
 QMAKE_CXX = clang++
 
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/g++-base.conf b/mkspecs/common/g++-base.conf
index 35f86e5bf1..0661298b18 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/g++-base.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/g++-base.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # you can use the manual test in tests/manual/mkspecs.
 #
 
+QMAKE_COMPILER = gcc
+
 QMAKE_CC = gcc
 
 QMAKE_LINK_C       = $$QMAKE_CC
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/llvm.conf b/mkspecs/common/llvm.conf
index 86e0ab440f..7d0622de59 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/llvm.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/llvm.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Qmake configuration for LLVM on Linux and Mac
 #
 
+QMAKE_COMPILER = gcc llvm
+
 QMAKE_CC  = llvm-gcc
 QMAKE_CXX = llvm-g++
 
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/qcc-base.conf b/mkspecs/common/qcc-base.conf
index 42a2d31739..b6abb8f52d 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/qcc-base.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/qcc-base.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # 2) -Wno-psabi is added to silence harmless warnings about va_list mangling
 #
 
+QMAKE_COMPILER = rim_qcc gcc   # qcc is mostly gcc in disguise
+
 QMAKE_CFLAGS                += -Wno-psabi
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_DEPS           += -M
 QMAKE_CFLAGS_WARN_ON        += -Wall -W
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/wince/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/common/wince/qmake.conf
index 236e445089..46f002a360 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/wince/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/wince/qmake.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ DEFINES    += UNDER_CE WINCE _WINDOWS _UNICODE UNICODE _WIN32 QT_NO_PRINTER QT_N
 
 QMAKE_COMPILER_DEFINES  += _MSC_VER=1400
 
+QMAKE_COMPILER = msvc
+
 QMAKE_CC		= cl
 QMAKE_LEX		= flex
 QMAKE_LEXFLAGS		=