diff --git a/tests/system/settings/windows/QtProject/qtcreator/toolchains.xml b/tests/system/settings/windows/QtProject/qtcreator/toolchains.xml
index b95c78667d9..a5d80d7dcbf 100644
--- a/tests/system/settings/windows/QtProject/qtcreator/toolchains.xml
+++ b/tests/system/settings/windows/QtProject/qtcreator/toolchains.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.MsvcToolChain.SupportedAbi">x86-windows-msvc2017-pe-64bit</value>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.MsvcToolChain.VarsBat">C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Auxiliary/Build/vcvarsall.bat</value>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.MsvcToolChain.VarsBatArg">amd64</value>
-   <value type="bool" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Autodetect">false</value>
+   <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.MsvcToolChain.environmentModifications">
+    <valuelist type="QVariantList">
+     <value type="QString">PATH</value>
+     <value type="int">0</value>
+     <value type="QString">SQUISH_MSVC2017_PATH</value>
+    </valuelist>
+   </valuelist>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.DisplayName">MSVC2017 (amd64)</value>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Id">ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Msvc:{ce3a8004-e9ae-46f2-b62d-d7daf69435ca}</value>
    <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Language">1</value>
@@ -79,7 +85,13 @@
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.MsvcToolChain.SupportedAbi">x86-windows-msvc2017-pe-64bit</value>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.MsvcToolChain.VarsBat">C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Community/VC/Auxiliary/Build/vcvarsall.bat</value>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.MsvcToolChain.VarsBatArg">amd64</value>
-   <value type="bool" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Autodetect">false</value>
+   <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.MsvcToolChain.environmentModifications">
+    <valuelist type="QVariantList">
+     <value type="QString">PATH</value>
+     <value type="int">0</value>
+     <value type="QString">SQUISH_MSVC2017_PATH</value>
+    </valuelist>
+   </valuelist>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.DisplayName">MSVC2017 (amd64)</value>
    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Id">ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Msvc:{3df7c776-a480-4a04-9099-6c75adac2dca}</value>
    <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Language">2</value>
diff --git a/tests/system/shared/qtcreator.py b/tests/system/shared/qtcreator.py
index 984d3700ccf..e9d2e18cfc6 100644
--- a/tests/system/shared/qtcreator.py
+++ b/tests/system/shared/qtcreator.py
@@ -231,6 +231,23 @@ def substituteCdb(settingsDir):
     __substitute__(debuggers, "SQUISH_DEBUGGER_BITNESS", bitness)
     test.log("Injected architecture '%s' and bitness '%s' in cdb path..." % (architecture, bitness))
 
+
+def substituteMsvcPaths(settingsDir):
+    for msvcFlavor in ["Community", "BuildTools"]:
+        try:
+            msvc2017Path = os.path.join("C:\\Program Files (x86)", "Microsoft Visual Studio",
+                                        "2017", msvcFlavor, "VC", "Tools", "MSVC")
+            msvc2017Path = os.path.join(msvc2017Path, os.listdir(msvc2017Path)[0], "bin",
+                                        "HostX64", "x64")
+            __substitute__(os.path.join(settingsDir, "QtProject", 'qtcreator', 'toolchains.xml'),
+                           "SQUISH_MSVC2017_PATH", msvc2017Path)
+            return
+        except:
+            continue
+    test.warning("PATH variable for MSVC2017 could not be set, some tests will fail.",
+                 "Please make sure that MSVC2017 is installed correctly.")
+
+
 def __guessABI__(supportedABIs, use64Bit):
     if platform.system() == 'Linux':
         supportedABIs = filter(lambda x: 'linux' in x, supportedABIs)
@@ -325,6 +342,7 @@ def copySettingsToTmpDir(destination=None, omitFiles=[]):
         substituteDefaultCompiler(tmpSettingsDir)
     elif platform.system() in ('Windows', 'Microsoft'):
         substituteCdb(tmpSettingsDir)
+        substituteMsvcPaths(tmpSettingsDir)
     substituteUnchosenTargetABIs(tmpSettingsDir)
     SettingsPath = ['-settingspath', '"%s"' % tmpSettingsDir]