diff --git a/tests/auto/sdktool/sdktool.pro b/tests/auto/sdktool/sdktool.pro
index cc5fb2d28cc..d333b897287 100644
--- a/tests/auto/sdktool/sdktool.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/sdktool/sdktool.pro
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 include(../qttest.pri)
 
+DEFINES += "SDKTOOL_DIR=\\\"$$IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH\\\""
+
 SOURCES += tst_sdktool.cpp
diff --git a/tests/auto/sdktool/sdktool.qbs b/tests/auto/sdktool/sdktool.qbs
index 1fd08fc2586..ca201b4b8e4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/sdktool/sdktool.qbs
+++ b/tests/auto/sdktool/sdktool.qbs
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ QtcAutotest {
         name: "Test sources"
         files: "tst_sdktool.cpp"
     }
+
+    cpp.defines: base.concat(['SDKTOOL_DIR="' + qbs.installRoot + '/' + project.ide_libexec_path + '"'])
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/sdktool/tst_sdktool.cpp b/tests/auto/sdktool/tst_sdktool.cpp
index 8cc01357d4c..c3a3fe9b8e4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/sdktool/tst_sdktool.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/sdktool/tst_sdktool.cpp
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ private slots:
 
 void SdktoolTest::testSdktool()
 {
-    QDir rootDir = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
-    rootDir.cdUp();
-    rootDir.cdUp();
-    rootDir.cdUp();
-    rootDir.cd(QLatin1String("bin"));
+    QDir rootDir(SDKTOOL_DIR);
     QProcess process;
     process.start(rootDir.absoluteFilePath(QLatin1String("sdktool")),
                   QStringList() << QLatin1String("-test"));