diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index 9b0193437fe..b6de39d4a7a 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -3892,7 +3892,7 @@ void Configure::generateQConfigCpp()
     if (!dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"].size())
         dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] = qipempty ? "" : dictionary["QT_INSTALL_PREFIX"];
     if (!dictionary["QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS"].size()) {
-        if (dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] == dictionary["QT_INSTALL_PREFIX"])
+        if (targSpec.startsWith("win"))
             dictionary["QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS"] = qipempty ? "" : dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] + "/bin";
         else
             dictionary["QT_INSTALL_LIBEXECS"] = qipempty ? "" : dictionary["QT_INSTALL_ARCHDATA"] + "/libexec";