diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangutils.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangutils.cpp
index 4dbeaca1c14..39eeeb31878 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangutils.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangutils.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public:
 
         LibClangOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder(*projectPart.data());
 
+        optionsBuilder.addTargetTriple();
         optionsBuilder.addLanguageOption(fileKind);
         optionsBuilder.addOptionsForLanguage(/*checkForBorlandExtensions*/ true);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.cpp
index d72160403a6..0789ace0c81 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ public:
                              const ExtraToolChainInfo &extraParams)
     {
         ClangStaticAnalyzerOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder(projectPart);
+
+        optionsBuilder.addTargetTriple();
         optionsBuilder.addLanguageOption(fileKind);
         optionsBuilder.addOptionsForLanguage(false);
 
@@ -258,7 +260,6 @@ public:
 
         QStringList options = optionsBuilder.options();
         prependWordWidthArgumentIfNotIncluded(&options, extraParams.wordWidth);
-        prependTargetTripleIfNotIncludedAndNotEmpty(&options, extraParams.targetTriple);
         appendMsCompatibility2015OptionForMsvc2015(&options, extraParams.isMsvc2015);
         undefineCppLanguageFeatureMacrosForMsvc2015(&options, extraParams.isMsvc2015);
 
@@ -272,6 +273,15 @@ private:
     {
     }
 
+    void addTargetTriple() override
+    {
+        // For MSVC toolchains we use clang-cl.exe, so there is nothing to do here since
+        //    1) clang-cl.exe does not understand the "-triple" option
+        //    2) clang-cl.exe already hardcodes the right triple value (even if built with mingw)
+        if (m_projectPart.toolchainType != ProjectExplorer::Constants::MSVC_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID)
+            CompilerOptionsBuilder::addTargetTriple();
+    }
+
     void addLanguageOption(ProjectFile::Kind fileKind) override
     {
         if (m_isMsvcToolchain)
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.cpp
index c484e2b1854..b520babef13 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ void CompilerOptionsBuilder::addDefine(const QByteArray &defineLine)
     m_options.append(defineLineToDefineOption(defineLine));
 }
 
+void CompilerOptionsBuilder::addTargetTriple()
+{
+    if (!m_projectPart.targetTriple.isEmpty()) {
+        m_options.append(QLatin1String("-target"));
+        m_options.append(m_projectPart.targetTriple);
+    }
+}
+
 void CompilerOptionsBuilder::addHeaderPathOptions()
 {
     typedef ProjectPartHeaderPath HeaderPath;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.h
index f3e4cbd9df9..c259c8cf4dc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public:
     void addDefine(const QByteArray &defineLine);
 
     // Add options based on project part
+    virtual void addTargetTriple();
     void addHeaderPathOptions();
     void addToolchainAndProjectDefines();
     virtual void addLanguageOption(ProjectFile::Kind fileKind);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/projectpart.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/projectpart.h
index a9875ee69d7..0f379ccfe3c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/projectpart.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/projectpart.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public: // fields
     QByteArray projectDefines;
     QByteArray toolchainDefines;
     Core::Id toolchainType;
+    QString targetTriple;
     ProjectPartHeaderPaths headerPaths;
     QStringList precompiledHeaders;
     LanguageVersion languageVersion;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/projectpartbuilder.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/projectpartbuilder.cpp
index 50329aa7ebc..2cc08c7bd5d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/projectpartbuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/projectpartbuilder.cpp
@@ -262,6 +262,23 @@ ProjectPartHeaderPath toProjectPartHeaderPath(const ProjectExplorer::HeaderPath
     return ProjectPartHeaderPath(headerPath.path(), headerPathType);
 }
 
+QString targetTriple(ProjectExplorer::Project *project, const Core::Id &toolchainId)
+{
+    using namespace ProjectExplorer;
+
+    if (toolchainId == ProjectExplorer::Constants::MSVC_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID)
+        return QLatin1String("i686-pc-windows-msvc");
+
+    if (project) {
+        if (Target *target = project->activeTarget()) {
+            if (ToolChain *toolChain = ToolChainKitInformation::toolChain(target->kit()))
+                return toolChain->originalTargetTriple();
+        }
+    }
+
+    return QString();
+}
+
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -324,6 +341,7 @@ void ProjectPartBuilder::evaluateProjectPartToolchain(
 
     projectPart->toolchainDefines = toolChain->predefinedMacros(commandLineFlags);
     projectPart->toolchainType = toolChain->typeId();
+    projectPart->targetTriple = targetTriple(projectPart->project, toolChain->typeId());
     projectPart->updateLanguageFeatures();
 }