diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/qmake/testdata/export_across_file_boundaries/features/default_post.prf b/tests/auto/tools/qmake/testdata/export_across_file_boundaries/features/default_post.prf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b7c1a31ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/qmake/testdata/export_across_file_boundaries/features/default_post.prf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# This just balances default_pre.prf (which does not daisy-chain to the one from qmake).
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/qmake/testdata/export_across_file_boundaries/foo.pro b/tests/auto/tools/qmake/testdata/export_across_file_boundaries/foo.pro
index f21173783a9..9ea0e19338c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/qmake/testdata/export_across_file_boundaries/foo.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/qmake/testdata/export_across_file_boundaries/foo.pro
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+TEMPLATE = aux
+CONFIG =
+
 !equals(FOO,bar) {
    message( "FAILED: export() invisible from default_pre.prf to foo.pro" )
 }