diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
index 68a8ff2f3a7..1868ec5b1c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ QList<ToolChain *> AndroidToolChainFactory::createToolChainsForNdk(const Utils::
             continue;
         AndroidToolChain *tc = new AndroidToolChain(arch, version, ToolChain::AutoDetection);
         FileName compilerPath = AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig().gccPath(arch, version);
-        tc->setCompilerCommand(compilerPath);
+        tc->resetToolChain(compilerPath);
         result.append(tc);
 
         QMap<Abi::Architecture, AndroidToolChain *>::const_iterator it
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
index 87da1bdc8a8..ec08acd01d9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void IosConfigurations::updateAutomaticKitList()
             toolchain->setDisplayName(displayName);
             toolchain->setPlatformCodeGenFlags(p.backendFlags);
             toolchain->setPlatformLinkerFlags(p.backendFlags);
-            toolchain->setCompilerCommand(p.compilerPath);
+            toolchain->resetToolChain(p.compilerPath);
             if (p.architecture == QLatin1String("i386")) {
                 qCDebug(kitSetupLog) << "setting toolchain Abi for " << toolchain->displayName();
                 toolchain->setTargetAbi(Abi(Abi::X86Architecture,Abi::MacOS, Abi::GenericMacFlavor,
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
index 35cf7cd57cc..774deca2a7b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
@@ -259,6 +259,19 @@ GccToolChain::GccToolChain(const GccToolChain &tc) :
     m_version(tc.m_version)
 { }
 
+void GccToolChain::setCompilerCommand(const FileName &path)
+{
+    if (path == m_compilerCommand)
+        return;
+
+    m_compilerCommand = path;
+}
+
+void GccToolChain::setSupportedAbis(const QList<Abi> &m_abis)
+{
+    m_supportedAbis = m_abis;
+}
+
 void GccToolChain::setMacroCache(const QStringList &allCxxflags, const QByteArray &macros) const
 {
     if (macros.isNull())
@@ -606,14 +619,14 @@ IOutputParser *GccToolChain::outputParser() const
     return new GccParser;
 }
 
-void GccToolChain::setCompilerCommand(const FileName &path)
+void GccToolChain::resetToolChain(const FileName &path)
 {
     if (path == m_compilerCommand)
         return;
 
     bool resetDisplayName = displayName() == defaultDisplayName();
 
-    m_compilerCommand = path;
+    setCompilerCommand(path);
 
     Abi currentAbi = m_targetAbi;
     m_supportedAbis = detectSupportedAbis();
@@ -830,6 +843,7 @@ QList<ToolChain *> GccToolChainFactory::autoDetectToolchains(const QString &comp
             return result;
 
         tc->setCompilerCommand(compilerPath);
+        tc->setSupportedAbis(abiList);
         tc->setTargetAbi(abi);
         tc->setDisplayName(tc->defaultDisplayName()); // reset displayname
 
@@ -885,6 +899,7 @@ void GccToolChainConfigWidget::applyImpl()
     Q_ASSERT(tc);
     QString displayName = tc->displayName();
     tc->setCompilerCommand(m_compilerCommand->fileName());
+    tc->setSupportedAbis(m_abiWidget->supportedAbis());
     tc->setTargetAbi(m_abiWidget->currentAbi());
     tc->setDisplayName(displayName); // reset display name
     tc->setPlatformCodeGenFlags(splitString(m_platformCodeGenFlagsLineEdit->text()));
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.h
index 5d5e7f60559..57d7523e34c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public:
 
     bool operator ==(const ToolChain &) const;
 
-    void setCompilerCommand(const Utils::FileName &);
+    void resetToolChain(const Utils::FileName &);
     Utils::FileName compilerCommand() const;
     void setPlatformCodeGenFlags(const QStringList &);
     QStringList platformCodeGenFlags() const;
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ protected:
 
     typedef QPair<QStringList, QByteArray> CacheItem;
 
+    void setCompilerCommand(const Utils::FileName &path);
+    void setSupportedAbis(const QList<Abi> &m_abis);
     void setMacroCache(const QStringList &allCxxflags, const QByteArray &macroCache) const;
     QByteArray macroCache(const QStringList &allCxxflags) const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxbaseconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxbaseconfiguration.cpp
index e34f5076265..b698f6be15e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxbaseconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxbaseconfiguration.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ QnxToolChain *QnxBaseConfiguration::createToolChain(QnxArchitecture arch,
                                                     const QString &ndkPath)
 {
     QnxToolChain *toolChain = new QnxToolChain(ProjectExplorer::ToolChain::AutoDetection);
-    toolChain->setCompilerCommand(m_qccCompiler);
+    toolChain->resetToolChain(m_qccCompiler);
     toolChain->setTargetAbi(Abi((arch == Qnx::ArmLeV7) ? Abi::ArmArchitecture : Abi::X86Architecture,
                                 Abi::LinuxOS, Abi::GenericLinuxFlavor, Abi::ElfFormat, 32));
     toolChain->setDisplayName(displayName);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxtoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxtoolchain.cpp
index 45023f4bcb4..5205e0f9e96 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxtoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxtoolchain.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void QnxToolChainConfigWidget::applyImpl()
     QnxToolChain *tc = static_cast<QnxToolChain *>(toolChain());
     Q_ASSERT(tc);
     QString displayName = tc->displayName();
-    tc->setCompilerCommand(m_compilerCommand->fileName());
+    tc->resetToolChain(m_compilerCommand->fileName());
     tc->setDisplayName(displayName); // reset display name
     tc->setNdkPath(m_ndkPath->fileName().toString());
     tc->setTargetAbi(m_abiWidget->currentAbi());