diff --git a/src/tools/moc/parser.cpp b/src/tools/moc/parser.cpp
index c0591b69c0..4c754786f7 100644
--- a/src/tools/moc/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/moc/parser.cpp
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ void Parser::error(int rollback) {
 }
 void Parser::error(const char *msg) {
     if (msg || error_msg)
-        qWarning(ErrorFormatString "Error: %s",
+        fprintf(stderr, ErrorFormatString "Error: %s\n",
                  currentFilenames.top().constData(), symbol().lineNum, msg?msg:error_msg);
     else
-        qWarning(ErrorFormatString "Parse error at \"%s\"",
+        fprintf(stderr, ErrorFormatString "Parse error at \"%s\"\n",
                  currentFilenames.top().constData(), symbol().lineNum, symbol().lexem().data());
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/moc/tst_moc.cpp b/tests/auto/tools/moc/tst_moc.cpp
index 3cd2f1f936..e0179b393b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/moc/tst_moc.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/moc/tst_moc.cpp
@@ -1734,6 +1734,11 @@ void tst_Moc::warnings()
 #endif
 
     QProcess proc;
+
+    QProcessEnvironment env = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment();
+    env.insert("QT_MESSAGE_PATTERN", "no qDebug or qWarning please");
+    proc.setProcessEnvironment(env);
+
     proc.start("moc", args);
     QVERIFY(proc.waitForStarted());