diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
index e5c79f20e936f03918069197d3b18feaf1256013..3842f7fb32bfff042625f6af114bb207ac427d82 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ Abi Abi::abiFromTargetTriplet(const QString &triple)
             if (flavor == Abi::UnknownFlavor)
                 flavor = Abi::FreeBsdFlavor;
             format = Abi::ElfFormat;
-        } else if (p == QLatin1String("mingw32") || p == QLatin1String("win32") || p == QLatin1String("mingw32msvc")) {
+        } else if (p == QLatin1String("mingw32") || p == QLatin1String("win32")
+                   || p == QLatin1String("mingw32msvc") || p == QLatin1String("msys")) {
             arch = Abi::X86Architecture;
             os = Abi::WindowsOS;
             flavor = Abi::WindowsMSysFlavor;
@@ -1077,6 +1078,10 @@ void ProjectExplorer::ProjectExplorerPlugin::testAbiFromTargetTriplet_data()
                                       << int(Abi::WindowsOS) << int(Abi::WindowsMSysFlavor)
                                       << int(Abi::PEFormat) << 0;
 
+    QTest::newRow("x86_64-pc-msys") << int(Abi::X86Architecture)
+                                    << int(Abi::WindowsOS) << int(Abi::WindowsMSysFlavor)
+                                    << int(Abi::PEFormat) << 64;
+
     QTest::newRow("mingw32") << int(Abi::X86Architecture)
                              << int(Abi::WindowsOS) << int(Abi::WindowsMSysFlavor)
                              << int(Abi::PEFormat) << 0;