diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
index 783904ca3bc..23aaa9010f6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
@@ -766,6 +766,10 @@ static void getExpandedCompilerFlags(QStringList &cFlags, QStringList &cxxFlags,
                 << arrayToStringList(getCppProp("driverFlags"));
     const QStringList toolchain = arrayToStringList(properties.value("qbs.toolchain"));
     if (toolchain.contains("gcc")) {
+        if (const QString sysroot = properties.value("qbs.sysroot").toString();
+                !sysroot.isEmpty()) {
+            commonFlags << "--sysroot" << sysroot;
+        }
         bool hasTargetOption = false;
         if (toolchain.contains("clang")) {
             const int majorVersion = getCppProp("compilerVersionMajor").toInt();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbssession.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbssession.cpp
index 746fd515bf4..617390cbc14 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbssession.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbssession.cpp
@@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ RunEnvironmentResult QbsSession::getRunEnvironment(
 void QbsSession::insertRequestedModuleProperties(QJsonObject &request)
 {
     request.insert("module-properties", QJsonArray::fromStringList({
-        "qbs.architecture",
-        "qbs.architectures",
         "cpp.commonCompilerFlags",
         "cpp.compilerVersionMajor",
         "cpp.compilerVersionMinor",
@@ -383,6 +381,9 @@ void QbsSession::insertRequestedModuleProperties(QJsonObject &request)
         "cpp.useCxxPrecompiledHeader",
         "cpp.useObjcPrecompiledHeader",
         "cpp.useObjcxxPrecompiledHeader",
+        "qbs.architecture",
+        "qbs.architectures",
+        "qbs.sysroot",
         "qbs.targetOS",
         "qbs.toolchain",
         "Qt.core.enableKeywords",