diff --git a/src/libs/utils/environment.cpp b/src/libs/utils/environment.cpp
index f1e5f43a378..6c9fe8e2ac2 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/environment.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/environment.cpp
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-
 Q_GLOBAL_STATIC_WITH_ARGS(Utils::Environment, staticSystemEnvironment,
                           (QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment().toStringList()))
 
@@ -435,23 +429,6 @@ QStringList Environment::appendExeExtensions(const QString &executable) const
     return execs;
 }
 
-static bool hasSameInode(const QString &file1, const QString &file2)
-{
-#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
-    struct stat stat1;
-    if (stat(file1.toLocal8Bit().constData(), &stat1) < 0)
-        return false;
-    struct stat stat2;
-    if (stat(file2.toLocal8Bit().constData(), &stat2) < 0)
-        return false;
-    return stat1.st_ino == stat2.st_ino;
-#else
-    Q_UNUSED(file1)
-    Q_UNUSED(file2)
-    return false;
-#endif
-}
-
 bool Environment::isSameExecutable(const QString &exe1, const QString &exe2) const
 {
     const QStringList exe1List = appendExeExtensions(exe1);
@@ -464,7 +441,7 @@ bool Environment::isSameExecutable(const QString &exe1, const QString &exe2) con
                 return true;
             if (FileUtils::resolveSymlinks(f1) == FileUtils::resolveSymlinks(f2))
                 return true;
-            if (hasSameInode(f1.toString(), f2.toString()))
+            if (FileUtils::fileId(f1) == FileUtils::fileId(f2))
                 return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
index 411dbf777d9..cb5537a26da 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDateTime>
+#include <QOperatingSystemVersion>
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <qplatformdefs.h>
 
 #ifdef QT_GUI_LIB
 #include <QMessageBox>
@@ -355,6 +357,82 @@ FileName FileUtils::commonPath(const FileName &oldCommonPath, const FileName &fi
     return canonicalPath(newCommonPath);
 }
 
+// Copied from qfilesystemengine_win.cpp
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#if WINVER < 0x0602 //  Windows 8 onwards
+
+typedef struct _FILE_ID_INFO {
+    ULONGLONG VolumeSerialNumber;
+    FILE_ID_128 FileId;
+} FILE_ID_INFO, *PFILE_ID_INFO;
+
+#endif // if WINVER < 0x0602
+
+// File ID for Windows up to version 7.
+static inline QByteArray fileIdWin7(HANDLE handle)
+{
+    BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION info;
+    if (GetFileInformationByHandle(handle, &info)) {
+        char buffer[sizeof "01234567:0123456701234567\0"];
+        qsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%lx:%08lx%08lx",
+                  info.dwVolumeSerialNumber,
+                  info.nFileIndexHigh,
+                  info.nFileIndexLow);
+        return QByteArray(buffer);
+    }
+    return QByteArray();
+}
+
+// File ID for Windows starting from version 8.
+static QByteArray fileIdWin8(HANDLE handle)
+{
+    QByteArray result;
+    FILE_ID_INFO infoEx;
+    if (GetFileInformationByHandleEx(handle,
+                                     static_cast<FILE_INFO_BY_HANDLE_CLASS>(18), // FileIdInfo in Windows 8
+                                     &infoEx, sizeof(FILE_ID_INFO))) {
+        result = QByteArray::number(infoEx.VolumeSerialNumber, 16);
+        result += ':';
+        // Note: MinGW-64's definition of FILE_ID_128 differs from the MSVC one.
+        result += QByteArray(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&infoEx.FileId), int(sizeof(infoEx.FileId))).toHex();
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+static QByteArray fileIdWin(HANDLE fHandle)
+{
+    return QOperatingSystemVersion::current() >= QOperatingSystemVersion::Windows8 ?
+                fileIdWin8(HANDLE(fHandle)) : fileIdWin7(HANDLE(fHandle));
+}
+#endif
+
+QByteArray FileUtils::fileId(const FileName &fileName)
+{
+    QByteArray result;
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    const HANDLE handle =
+            CreateFile((wchar_t*)fileName.toUserOutput().utf16(), 0,
+                       FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+                       FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+    if (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+        result = fileIdWin(handle);
+        CloseHandle(handle);
+    }
+#else // Copied from qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+    if (Q_UNLIKELY(fileName.isEmpty()))
+        return result;
+
+    QT_STATBUF statResult;
+    if (QT_STAT(fileName.toString().toLocal8Bit().constData(), &statResult))
+        return result;
+    result = QByteArray::number(quint64(statResult.st_dev), 16);
+    result += ':';
+    result += QByteArray::number(quint64(statResult.st_ino));
+#endif
+    return result;
+}
+
 QByteArray FileReader::fetchQrc(const QString &fileName)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(fileName.startsWith(QLatin1Char(':')), return QByteArray());
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
index 00278a55a19..5ff7cf8b674 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ public:
     static bool isAbsolutePath(const QString &fileName) { return !isRelativePath(fileName); }
     static QString resolvePath(const QString &baseDir, const QString &fileName);
     static FileName commonPath(const FileName &oldCommonPath, const FileName &fileName);
+    static QByteArray fileId(const FileName &fileName);
 };
 
 // for actually finding out if e.g. directories are writable on Windows