diff --git a/src/corelib/configure.cmake b/src/corelib/configure.cmake
index eaeb7862c4..679346188e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/configure.cmake
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     (void)argc; (void)argv;
     /* BEGIN TEST: */
-std::filesystem::path p(\"./file\");
+std::filesystem::copy(
+    std::filesystem::path("./file"),
+    std::filesystem::path("./other"));
     /* END TEST: */
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/configure.json b/src/corelib/configure.json
index a8efaa509c..4225574761 100644
--- a/src/corelib/configure.json
+++ b/src/corelib/configure.json
@@ -371,7 +371,11 @@
             "type": "compile",
             "test": {
                 "include": "filesystem",
-                "main": "std::filesystem::path p(\"./file\");",
+                "main": [
+                    "std::filesystem::copy(",
+                    "    std::filesystem::path(\"./file\"),",
+                    "    std::filesystem::path(\"./other\"));"
+                ],
                 "qmake": "CONFIG += c++17"
             }
         },