diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
index 4bb885f580276d24a23747cc2e98572e9a1e84fd..bcd7b63097df2dc60d6cf2f970c9c67b19988638 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ void QtVersion::updateToolChainAndMkspec() const
         m_toolChains << ToolChainPtr(
                 ProjectExplorer::ToolChain::createMinGWToolChain(qmakeCXX, mingwDirectory()));
         m_targetIds.insert(QLatin1String(Constants::DESKTOP_TARGET_ID));
-    } else if (qmakeCXX.endsWith("g++")) { // All g++ variants are treated as desktop g++
+    } else if (qmakeCXX.contains("g++")) { // All g++ variants are treated as desktop g++
                                            // we should try to do a better job, but for now that's good enough
         ProjectExplorer::Environment env = ProjectExplorer::Environment::systemEnvironment();
         //addToEnvironment(env);