diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/id.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/id.cpp
index 275b8d8fb0f..5d0262803da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/id.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/id.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "id.h"
 
+#include <utils/algorithm.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
 #include <QByteArray>
@@ -245,6 +246,29 @@ Id Id::fromSetting(const QVariant &variant)
     return Id(theId(ba));
 }
 
+Id Id::versionedId(const QByteArray &prefix, int major, int minor)
+{
+    if (major < 0)
+        return fromName(prefix);
+
+    QByteArray result = prefix + '.';
+    result += QString::number(major).toLatin1();
+
+    if (minor < 0)
+        return fromName(result);
+    return fromName(result + '.' + QString::number(minor).toLatin1());
+}
+
+QSet<Id> Id::fromStringList(const QStringList &list)
+{
+    return QSet<Id>::fromList(Utils::transform(list, [](const QString &s) { return Id::fromString(s); }));
+}
+
+QStringList Id::toStringList(const QSet<Id> &ids)
+{
+    return Utils::transform(ids.toList(), [](Id i) { return i.toString(); });
+}
+
 /*!
   Constructs a derived id.
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/id.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/id.h
index f7c95f3ddd8..2a4bdd37821 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/id.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/id.h
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ public:
     static Id fromName(const QByteArray &ba); // FIXME: avoid.
     static Id fromSetting(const QVariant &variant); // Good to use.
 
+    static Id versionedId(const QByteArray &prefix, int major, int minor);
+    static QSet<Id> versionedIds(const QByteArray &prefix, int major, int minor);
+
+    static QSet<Id> fromStringList(const QStringList &list);
+    static QStringList toStringList(const QSet<Id> &ids);
+
 private:
     // Intentionally unimplemented
     Id(const QLatin1String &);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
index 6968c30bedb..42e9aa46f3c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,30 @@ static const char QTVERSIONQMAKEPATH[] = "QMakePath";
 static const char MKSPEC_VALUE_LIBINFIX[] = "QT_LIBINFIX";
 static const char MKSPEC_VALUE_NAMESPACE[] = "QT_NAMESPACE";
 
+QSet<Id> static versionedIds(const QByteArray &prefix, int major, int minor)
+{
+    QSet<Id> result;
+    result.insert(Id::fromName(prefix));
+
+    if (major < 0)
+        return result;
+
+    const QByteArray majorStr = QString::number(major).toLatin1();
+    const QByteArray featureMajor = prefix + majorStr;
+    const QByteArray featureDotMajor = prefix + '.' + majorStr;
+
+    result.insert(Id::fromName(featureMajor));
+    result.insert(Id::fromName(featureDotMajor));
+
+    for (int i = 0; i <= minor; ++i) {
+        const QByteArray minorStr = QString::number(i).toLatin1();
+        result.insert(Id::fromName(featureMajor + '.' + minorStr));
+        result.insert(Id::fromName(featureDotMajor + '.' + minorStr));
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 ///////////////
 // QtVersionNumber
 ///////////////