diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestframework.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestframework.cpp
index 0f854ab6f59..009acc81ab1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestframework.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestframework.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ QtTestFramework::QtTestFramework()
                 title(Tr::tr("Benchmark Metrics")),
                 Column { metrics }
             }, br,
-            quickCheckForDerivedTests, br
+            quickCheckForDerivedTests, br,
+            parseMessages, br
         }, st };
     });
 
@@ -100,6 +101,15 @@ QtTestFramework::QtTestFramework()
         Tr::tr("Search for Qt Quick tests that are derived from TestCase.\nWarning: Enabling this "
                "feature significantly increases scan time."));
 
+    parseMessages.setSettingsKey("ParseMessages");
+    parseMessages.setDefaultValue(false);
+    parseMessages.setLabelText(Tr::tr("Find user-defined locations"));
+    parseMessages.setToolTip(
+        Tr::tr("Parse messages for the pattern \"file://filepath:line\", where \":line\" is "
+               "optional, and use this as location information.\n"
+               "Warning: If the patterns are used in code, the location information for debug "
+               "messages and other messages might improve,\n"
+               "at the risk of some incorrect locations and lower performance."));
     readSettings();
 
     maxWarnings.setEnabler(&limitWarnings);
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestframework.h b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestframework.h
index 47bf454484e..0e175694582 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestframework.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestframework.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public:
     Utils::BoolAspect limitWarnings{this};
     Utils::IntegerAspect maxWarnings{this};
     Utils::BoolAspect quickCheckForDerivedTests{this};
+    Utils::BoolAspect parseMessages{this};
 
     QStringList testNameForSymbolName(const QString &symbolName) const override;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestoutputreader.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestoutputreader.cpp
index 1d1b1503818..b668ea442f6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestoutputreader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestoutputreader.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "qttestoutputreader.h"
 
 #include "qttestresult.h"
+#include "qttestframework.h"
 #include "../autotesttr.h"
 #include "../testtreeitem.h"
 
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ using namespace Utils;
 namespace Autotest {
 namespace Internal {
 
+static QRegularExpression userFileLocation()
+{
+    static const QRegularExpression regex("^.*\\bfile://((?<file>\\S+))(:(?<line>\\d+))\\b.*$",
+                                          QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption);
+    return regex;
+}
 static QString decode(const QString& original)
 {
     QString result(original);
@@ -110,6 +117,7 @@ QtTestOutputReader::QtTestOutputReader(Process *testApplication,
     , m_mode(mode)
     , m_testType(type)
 {
+    m_parseMessages = theQtTestFramework().parseMessages();
 }
 
 void QtTestOutputReader::processOutputLine(const QByteArray &outputLine)
@@ -277,6 +285,14 @@ void QtTestOutputReader::processXMLOutput(const QByteArray &outputLine)
             } else if (currentTag == QStringLiteral("TestCase")) {
                 sendFinishMessage(false);
             } else if (validEndTags.contains(currentTag.toString())) {
+                if (m_parseMessages && isTestMessage(m_result)) {
+                    const QRegularExpressionMatch match = userFileLocation().match(m_description);
+                    if (match.hasMatch()) {
+                        // we need to handle possible automatic masking done by qDebug()
+                        processLocationOutput(match.captured("file").replace("\\\\", "\\"),
+                                              match.captured("line"));
+                    }
+                }
                 sendCompleteInformation();
                 if (currentTag == QStringLiteral("Incident"))
                     m_dataTag.clear();
@@ -350,6 +366,11 @@ void QtTestOutputReader::processPlainTextOutput(const QByteArray &outputLine)
 
     if (hasMatch(result)) {
         processResultOutput(match.captured(1).toLower().trimmed(), match.captured(2));
+        if (m_parseMessages && isTestMessage(m_result) && hasMatch(userFileLocation())) {
+            // we need to handle possible automatic masking done by qDebug()
+            processLocationOutput(match.captured("file").replace("\\\\", "\\"),
+                                  match.captured("line"));
+        }
     } else if (hasMatch(locationUnix)) {
         processLocationOutput(match.captured("file"), match.captured("line"));
     } else if (hasMatch(locationWin)) {
@@ -416,7 +437,7 @@ void QtTestOutputReader::processLocationOutput(const QStringView file, const QSt
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(!file.isEmpty(), return);
     m_file = constructSourceFilePath(m_buildDir, file.toString());
-    m_lineNumber = line.toInt();
+    m_lineNumber = m_file.isEmpty() ? 0 : line.toInt();
 }
 
 void QtTestOutputReader::processSummaryFinishOutput()
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestoutputreader.h b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestoutputreader.h
index d09f3d56116..75c2e0b57aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestoutputreader.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestoutputreader.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ private:
     QXmlStreamReader m_xmlReader;
     OutputMode m_mode = XML;
     TestType m_testType = TestType::QtTest;
+    bool m_parseMessages = false;
     bool m_expectTag = true;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/testresult.h b/src/plugins/autotest/testresult.h
index 80229d37362..0f193eb3558 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/testresult.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/testresult.h
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ enum class ResultType {
     LAST_TYPE = Invalid
 };
 
+static inline bool isTestMessage(const ResultType &result)
+{
+    return result >= ResultType::MessageDebug && result <= ResultType::MessageError;
+}
+
 inline auto qHash(const ResultType &result)
 {
     return QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(qHash(int(result)));