diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.cpp
index 0949118abf3..bebc29a3d77 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 #include "debuggeritemmanager.h"
 #include "debuggerkitconfigwidget.h"
 
-#include "projectexplorer/toolchain.h"
-#include "projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h"
+#include <projectexplorer/toolchain.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/kitinformationmacroexpander.h>
 
 #include <utils/fileutils.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
@@ -299,6 +300,20 @@ KitConfigWidget *DebuggerKitInformation::createConfigWidget(Kit *k) const
     return new Internal::DebuggerKitConfigWidget(k, this);
 }
 
+AbstractMacroExpander *DebuggerKitInformation::createMacroExpander(const Kit *k) const
+{
+    return new MacroExpander([k, this](const QString &name, QString *ret) -> bool {
+        const DebuggerItem *item = DebuggerKitInformation::debugger(k);
+
+        if (name == QLatin1String("Debugger:engineType")) {
+            *ret = item ? item->engineTypeName()  : tr("none");
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    });
+}
+
 KitInformation::ItemList DebuggerKitInformation::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
 {
     return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("Debugger"), displayString(k));
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.h b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.h
index 0ca0bb37ad3..1d3e6e3b721 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public:
     static bool isValidDebugger(const ProjectExplorer::Kit *k);
 
     ProjectExplorer::KitConfigWidget *createConfigWidget(ProjectExplorer::Kit *k) const;
+    Utils::AbstractMacroExpander *createMacroExpander(const ProjectExplorer::Kit *k) const;
 
     ItemList toUserOutput(const ProjectExplorer::Kit *k) const;