diff --git a/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrolfactory.cpp b/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrolfactory.cpp
index bf6f5d43da4..10cd9193404 100644
--- a/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrolfactory.cpp
+++ b/plugins/clangstaticanalyzer/clangstaticanalyzerruncontrolfactory.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ bool ClangStaticAnalyzerRunControlFactory::canRun(RunConfiguration *runConfigura
     ToolChain *toolChain = ToolChainKitInformation::toolChain(kit);
     return toolChain && (toolChain->type() == QLatin1String("clang")
             || toolChain->type() == QLatin1String("gcc")
+            || toolChain->type() == QLatin1String("mingw")
             || toolChain->type() == QLatin1String("msvc"));
 }