1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakeglobals.cpp b/qmake/library/qmakeglobals.cpp
index 6a648e9ecf..82764e8732 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakeglobals.cpp
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakeglobals.cpp
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
 #define QT_POPEN _popen
+#define QT_POPEN_READ "rb"
 #define QT_PCLOSE _pclose
 #else
 #define QT_POPEN popen
+#define QT_POPEN_READ "r"
 #define QT_PCLOSE pclose
 #endif
 
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ bool QMakeGlobals::initProperties()
     data = proc.readAll();
 #else
     if (FILE *proc = QT_POPEN(QString(QMakeInternal::IoUtils::shellQuote(qmake_abslocation)
-                                      + QLatin1String(" -query")).toLocal8Bit(), "r")) {
+                                      + QLatin1String(" -query")).toLocal8Bit(), QT_POPEN_READ)) {
         char buff[1024];
         while (!feof(proc))
             data.append(buff, int(fread(buff, 1, 1023, proc)));