diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.cpp
index 1c92f3c77bb..3e987ab3fd0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.cpp
@@ -243,4 +243,14 @@ QString ToolChainFactory::idFromMap(const QVariantMap &data)
     return data.value(QLatin1String(ID_KEY)).toString();
 }
 
+void ToolChainFactory::idToMap(QVariantMap &data, const QString id)
+{
+    data.insert(QLatin1String(ID_KEY), id);
+}
+
+void ToolChainFactory::autoDetectionToMap(QVariantMap &data, bool detected)
+{
+    data.insert(QLatin1String(AUTODETECT_KEY), detected);
+}
+
 } // namespace ProjectExplorer
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
index 1ce975d2c66..37696e54a68 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ public:
     virtual ToolChain *restore(const QVariantMap &data);
 
     static QString idFromMap(const QVariantMap &data);
+    static void idToMap(QVariantMap &data, const QString id);
+    static void autoDetectionToMap(QVariantMap &data, bool detected);
 };
 
 } // namespace ProjectExplorer