diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp
index cf3e2907d62..f55c5812764 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ static QString compilerString()
 #elif defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
     if (_MSC_VER > 1999)
         return QLatin1String("MSVC <unknown>");
+    if (_MSC_VER >= 1920)
+        return QLatin1String("MSVC 2019");
     if (_MSC_VER >= 1910)
         return QLatin1String("MSVC 2017");
     if (_MSC_VER >= 1900)