diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestparser.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestparser.cpp
index 482e14f60b2..6facee38a9e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestparser.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ static QtTestCodeLocationList tagLocationsFor(const QtTestParseResult *func,
     return QtTestCodeLocationList();
 }
 
+static bool isQObject(const CPlusPlus::Document::Ptr &declaringDoc)
+{
+    const QString file = declaringDoc->fileName();
+    return (Utils::HostOsInfo::isMacHost() && file.endsWith("QtCore.framework/Headers/qobject.h"))
+            || file.endsWith("QtCore/qobject.h")  || file.endsWith("kernel/qobject.h");
+}
+
 static bool handleQtTest(QFutureInterface<TestParseResultPtr> futureInterface,
                          CPlusPlus::Document::Ptr document,
                          const CPlusPlus::Snapshot &snapshot,
@@ -303,6 +310,10 @@ static bool handleQtTest(QFutureInterface<TestParseResultPtr> futureInterface,
         fetchAndMergeBaseTestFunctions(
                     visitor.baseClasses(), testFunctions, declaringDoc, snapshot);
 
+        // handle tests that are not runnable without more information (plugin unit test of QC)
+        if (testFunctions.isEmpty() && testCaseName == "QObject" && isQObject(declaringDoc))
+            return true; // we did not handle it, but we do not expect any test defined there either
+
         const QSet<QString> &files = filesWithDataFunctionDefinitions(testFunctions);
 
         // TODO: change to QHash<>