diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppmodelmanager_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppmodelmanager_test.cpp
index c2a9189fd63..9e72a224b9f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppmodelmanager_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppmodelmanager_test.cpp
@@ -1000,9 +1000,7 @@ void ModelManagerTest::testRenameIncludes()
     }
 
     // Renaming the header
-    QVERIFY(Core::FileUtils::renameFile(oldHeader,
-                                        newHeader,
-                                        Core::HandleIncludeGuards::Yes));
+    QVERIFY(ProjectExplorerPlugin::renameFile(oldHeader, newHeader));
 
     // Update the c++ model manager again and check for the new includes
     CppModelManager::updateSourceFiles(sourceFiles).waitForFinished();
@@ -1070,15 +1068,12 @@ void ModelManagerTest::testRenameIncludesInEditor()
     QVERIFY(CppModelManager::workingCopy().get(mainFile));
 
     // Test the renaming of a header file where a pragma once guard is present
-    QVERIFY(Core::FileUtils::renameFile(headerWithPragmaOnce,
-                                        renamedHeaderWithPragmaOnce,
-                                        Core::HandleIncludeGuards::Yes));
+    QVERIFY(ProjectExplorerPlugin::renameFile(headerWithPragmaOnce, renamedHeaderWithPragmaOnce));
 
     // Test the renaming the header with include guard:
     // The contents should match the foobar2000.h in the testdata_project2 project
-    QVERIFY(Core::FileUtils::renameFile(Utils::FilePath::fromString(headerWithNormalGuard),
-                                        Utils::FilePath::fromString(renamedHeaderWithNormalGuard),
-                                        Core::HandleIncludeGuards::Yes));
+    QVERIFY(ProjectExplorerPlugin::renameFile(FilePath::fromString(headerWithNormalGuard),
+                                              FilePath::fromString(renamedHeaderWithNormalGuard)));
 
     const MyTestDataDir testDir2(_("testdata_project2"));
     QFile foobar2000Header(testDir2.file("foobar2000.h"));
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 4cf5c55e79d..27390bf884c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -2484,6 +2484,16 @@ QList<std::pair<FilePath, FilePath>> ProjectExplorerPlugin::renameFiles(
     return renamedFiles;
 }
 
+#ifdef WITH_TESTS
+bool ProjectExplorerPlugin::renameFile(const Utils::FilePath &source, const Utils::FilePath &target)
+{
+    const bool success = Core::FileUtils::renameFile(source, target, HandleIncludeGuards::Yes);
+    if (success)
+        emit instance()->filesRenamed({std::make_pair(source, target)});
+    return success;
+}
+#endif // WITH_TESTS
+
 void ProjectExplorerPluginPrivate::startRunControl(RunControl *runControl)
 {
     m_outputPane.createNewOutputWindow(runControl);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
index 12432cafafa..d7e04f3fd1b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ public:
     static QList<std::pair<Utils::FilePath, Utils::FilePath>>
     renameFiles(const QList<std::pair<Node *, Utils::FilePath>> &nodesAndNewFilePaths);
 
+#ifdef WITH_TESTS
+    static bool renameFile(const Utils::FilePath &source, const Utils::FilePath &target);
+#endif
+
     static QStringList projectFilePatterns();
     static bool isProjectFile(const Utils::FilePath &filePath);
     static RecentProjectsEntries recentProjects();