diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/global/qlogging/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/corelib/global/qlogging/test/test.pro
index 91896d44949..81445247e09 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/global/qlogging/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/global/qlogging/test/test.pro
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ SOURCES = ../tst_qlogging.cpp
 
 DEFINES += QT_MESSAGELOGCONTEXT
 DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0
+DEFINES += HELPER_BINARY=\\\"helper\\\"
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/global/qlogging/tst_qlogging.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/global/qlogging/tst_qlogging.cpp
index d3ed1a6d0d6..9df54e17d32 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/global/qlogging/tst_qlogging.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/global/qlogging/tst_qlogging.cpp
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ void tst_qmessagehandler::qMessagePattern()
 
     QProcess process;
 #ifndef Q_OS_ANDROID
-    const QString appExe(QLatin1String("helper"));
+    const QString appExe(QLatin1String(HELPER_BINARY));
 #else
     const QString appExe(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + QLatin1String("/libhelper.so"));
 #endif
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ void tst_qmessagehandler::setMessagePattern()
 
     QProcess process;
 #ifndef Q_OS_ANDROID
-    const QString appExe(QLatin1String("helper"));
+    const QString appExe(QLatin1String(HELPER_BINARY));
 #else
     const QString appExe(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + QLatin1String("/libhelper.so"));
 #endif