diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
index 131fbb33b41..0de4ea655d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static void setupPreregisteredOsFlavors() {
     registerOsFlavor(Abi::WindowsMsvc2013Flavor, "msvc2013", {Abi::OS::WindowsOS});
     registerOsFlavor(Abi::WindowsMsvc2015Flavor, "msvc2015", {Abi::OS::WindowsOS});
     registerOsFlavor(Abi::WindowsMsvc2017Flavor, "msvc2017", {Abi::OS::WindowsOS});
+    registerOsFlavor(Abi::WindowsMsvc2019Flavor, "msvc2019", {Abi::OS::WindowsOS});
     registerOsFlavor(Abi::WindowsMSysFlavor, "msys", {Abi::OS::WindowsOS});
     registerOsFlavor(Abi::WindowsCEFlavor, "ce", {Abi::OS::WindowsOS});
     registerOsFlavor(Abi::VxWorksFlavor, "vxworks", {Abi::OS::VxWorks});
@@ -279,12 +280,15 @@ static QList<Abi> parseCoffHeader(const QByteArray &data)
             flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2013Flavor;
             break;
         case 14:
-            flavor = minorLinker >= quint8(10)
-                ? Abi::WindowsMsvc2017Flavor // MSVC2017 RC
-                : Abi::WindowsMsvc2015Flavor;
+            if (minorLinker >= quint8(20))
+                flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2019Flavor;
+            else if (minorLinker >= quint8(10))
+                flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2017Flavor;
+            else
+                flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2015Flavor;
             break;
         case 15:
-            flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2017Flavor;
+            flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2019Flavor;
             break;
         default: // Keep unknown flavor
             if (minorLinker != 0)
@@ -589,6 +593,13 @@ bool Abi::operator == (const Abi &other) const
             && m_wordWidth == other.m_wordWidth;
 }
 
+static bool compatibleMSVCFlavors(const Abi::OSFlavor &left, const Abi ::OSFlavor &right)
+{
+    // MSVC 2019, 2017 and 2015 are compatible
+    return left >= Abi::WindowsMsvc2015Flavor && left <= Abi::WindowsMsvc2019Flavor
+           && right >= Abi::WindowsMsvc2015Flavor && right <= Abi::WindowsMsvc2019Flavor;
+}
+
 bool Abi::isCompatibleWith(const Abi &other) const
 {
     // Generic match: If stuff is identical or the other side is unknown, then this is a match.
@@ -615,12 +626,9 @@ bool Abi::isCompatibleWith(const Abi &other) const
     if (isCompat && (osFlavor() == AndroidLinuxFlavor || other.osFlavor() == AndroidLinuxFlavor))
         isCompat = (architecture() == other.architecture()) &&  (osFlavor() == other.osFlavor());
 
-    // MSVC2017 is compatible with MSVC2015
-    if (!isCompat
-            && ((osFlavor() == WindowsMsvc2015Flavor && other.osFlavor() == WindowsMsvc2017Flavor)
-                || (osFlavor() == WindowsMsvc2017Flavor && other.osFlavor() == WindowsMsvc2015Flavor))) {
+    if (!isCompat && compatibleMSVCFlavors(osFlavor(), other.osFlavor()))
         isCompat = true;
-    }
+
     return isCompat;
 }
 
@@ -896,6 +904,8 @@ bool Abi::osSupportsFlavor(const Abi::OS &os, const Abi::OSFlavor &flavor)
 
 Abi::OSFlavor Abi::flavorForMsvcVersion(int version)
 {
+    if (version >= 1920)
+        return WindowsMsvc2019Flavor;
     if (version >= 1910)
         return WindowsMsvc2017Flavor;
     switch (version) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.h
index 4c31ed99f5d..43243847c87 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
         WindowsMsvc2013Flavor,
         WindowsMsvc2015Flavor,
         WindowsMsvc2017Flavor,
+        WindowsMsvc2019Flavor,
         WindowsMSysFlavor,
         WindowsCEFlavor,
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
index 711cf30accb..8b8c5711428 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
@@ -384,7 +384,9 @@ static Abi findAbiOfMsvc(MsvcToolChain::Type type,
         else if (version == QLatin1String("v7.0A") || version == QLatin1String("v7.1"))
             msvcVersionString = QLatin1String("10.0");
     }
-    if (msvcVersionString.startsWith(QLatin1String("15.")))
+    if (msvcVersionString.startsWith(QLatin1String("16.")))
+        flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2019Flavor;
+    else if (msvcVersionString.startsWith(QLatin1String("15.")))
         flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2017Flavor;
     else if (msvcVersionString.startsWith(QLatin1String("14.")))
         flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2015Flavor;
@@ -955,6 +957,12 @@ Utils::FileNameList MsvcToolChain::suggestedMkspecList() const
                << Utils::FileName::fromLatin1("winrt-x86-msvc2017")
                << Utils::FileName::fromLatin1("winrt-x64-msvc2017");
         break;
+    case Abi::WindowsMsvc2019Flavor:
+        result << Utils::FileName::fromLatin1("win32-msvc2019")
+               << Utils::FileName::fromLatin1("winrt-arm-msvc2019")
+               << Utils::FileName::fromLatin1("winrt-x86-msvc2019")
+               << Utils::FileName::fromLatin1("winrt-x64-msvc2019");
+        break;
     default:
         result.clear();
         break;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
index 9fefd8f28cf..0bfab886b57 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
@@ -1963,6 +1963,8 @@ static Abi refineAbiFromBuildString(const QByteArray &buildString, const Abi &pr
         flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2015Flavor;
     } else if (compiler.startsWith("MSVC 2017") && os == Abi::WindowsOS) {
         flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2017Flavor;
+    } else if (compiler.startsWith("MSVC 2019") && os == Abi::WindowsOS) {
+        flavor = Abi::WindowsMsvc2019Flavor;
     }
 
     return Abi(arch, os, flavor, format, wordWidth);
diff --git a/tests/unit/mockup/projectexplorer/abi.h b/tests/unit/mockup/projectexplorer/abi.h
index 25baca234a6..c742567bdef 100644
--- a/tests/unit/mockup/projectexplorer/abi.h
+++ b/tests/unit/mockup/projectexplorer/abi.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public:
         WindowsMsvc2013Flavor,
         WindowsMsvc2015Flavor,
         WindowsMsvc2017Flavor,
+        WindowsMsvc2019Flavor,
         WindowsMSysFlavor,
         WindowsCEFlavor,