diff --git a/src/corelib/global/archdetect.cpp b/src/corelib/global/archdetect.cpp
index 0bb6853fea4..188ec2d1763 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/archdetect.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/archdetect.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #  define ARCH_PROCESSOR "x86_64"
 #elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_IA64)
 #  define ARCH_PROCESSOR "ia64"
+#elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_M68K)
+#  define ARCH_PROCESSOR "m68k"
 #elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_MIPS_64)
 #  define ARCH_PROCESSOR "mips64"
 #elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_MIPS)
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.h b/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.h
index d72b83bf1a6..1b6139152ed 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.h
@@ -199,6 +199,15 @@
 #  define Q_PROCESSOR_WORDSIZE   8
 // Q_BYTE_ORDER not defined, use endianness auto-detection
 
+/*
+    Motorola 68000 family, no revisions or variants
+
+    M68K is big-endian.
+*/
+#elif defined(__m68k__)
+#  define Q_PROCESSOR_M68K
+#  define Q_BYTE_ORDER Q_BIG_ENDIAN
+
 /*
     MIPS family, known revisions: I, II, III, IV, 32, 64
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.qdoc b/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.qdoc
index b0e0b995979..08486a44332 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.qdoc
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@
     \sa QSysInfo::buildCpuArchitecture()
 */
 
+/*!
+    \macro Q_PROCESSOR_M68K
+    \relates <QtProcessorDetection>
+
+    Defined if the application is compiled for Motorola 68000 processors.
+
+    \sa QSysInfo::buildCpuArchitecture()
+*/
+
 /*!
     \macro Q_PROCESSOR_MIPS
     \relates <QtProcessorDetection>
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
index 09b73b206a2..32426c60925 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ struct ElfMachineCheck
             EM_PARISC
 #elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_IA64)
             EM_IA_64
+#elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_M68K)
+            EM_68K
 #elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_MIPS)
             EM_MIPS
 #elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_POWER_32)
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ Q_DECL_UNUSED Q_DECL_COLD_FUNCTION static QDebug &operator<<(QDebug &d, ElfHeade
     switch (r.machine) {
     // list definitely not exhaustive!
     case EM_NONE:       d << ", no machine"; break;
+    case EM_68K:        d << ", MC68000"; break;
     case EM_ARM:        d << ", ARM"; break;
     case EM_AARCH64:    d << ", AArch64"; break;
 #ifdef EM_BLACKFIN