diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qconfig.cpp.in b/src/corelib/global/qconfig.cpp.in
index 57a5b4116e..b529e19830 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qconfig.cpp.in
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qconfig.cpp.in
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ static const struct {
     { "Sysroot", "" },
     { "SysrootifyPrefix", "" },
     { "HostBinaries", "bin" },
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    { "HostLibraryExecutables", "bin" },
+#else
     { "HostLibraryExecutables", "libexec" },
+#endif
     { "HostLibraries", "lib" },
     { "HostData", "." },
     { "TargetSpec", "" },