diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.cpp
index 56232cb3153..db554abb954 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
 #include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QStringList>
 
 /*!
     \class Core::IVersionControl::TopicCache
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ QString IVersionControl::vcsMakeWritableText() const
     return QString();
 }
 
+QStringList IVersionControl::additionalToolsPath() const
+{
+    return QStringList();
+}
+
 QString IVersionControl::vcsTopic(const QString &topLevel)
 {
     return m_topicCache ? m_topicCache->topic(topLevel) : QString();
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.h
index c5338d92780..5b6922bb2dc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/iversioncontrol.h
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ public:
      */
     virtual QString vcsMakeWritableText() const;
 
+    /*!
+     * Return a list of paths where tools that came with the VCS may be installed.
+     * This is helpful on windows where e.g. git comes with a lot of nice unix tools.
+     */
+    virtual QStringList additionalToolsPath() const;
+
 signals:
     void repositoryChanged(const QString &repository);
     void filesChanged(const QStringList &files);