diff --git a/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake b/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
index 505673ca2c7..ba056290cc8 100644
--- a/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtProcessConfigureArgs.cmake
@@ -733,6 +733,9 @@ function(guess_compiler_from_mkspec)
     elseif(mkspec MATCHES "-icc(-|$)")
         set(c_compiler "icc")
         set(cxx_compiler "icpc")
+    elseif(mkspec MATCHES "-msvc(-|$)")
+        set(c_compiler "cl")
+        set(cxx_compiler "cl")
     endif()
     if(guess_c_compiler AND NOT c_compiler STREQUAL "")
         push("-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${c_compiler}")