diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
index 7ca0aa7f0b..c60ca7e9b0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ QLibraryInfo::buildDate()
 #    define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2012"
 #  elif _MSC_VER < 1900
 #    define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2013"
+#  elif _MSC_VER < 2000
+#    define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2015"
 #  else
 #    define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC _MSC_VER " QT_STRINGIFY(_MSC_VER)
 #  endif