diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrind.qbs b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrind.qbs
index 9bffc87ef95..f82ba7c223a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrind.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrind.qbs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import qbs 1.0
+import qbs
+import qbs.FileInfo
 
 QtcPlugin {
     name: "Valgrind"
@@ -98,5 +99,11 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "valgrindtestrunnertest.cpp",
             "valgrindtestrunnertest.h",
         ]
+        cpp.defines: outer.concat([
+            'PARSERTESTS_DATA_DIR="' + FileInfo.joinPaths(path, "unit_testdata") + '"',
+            'VALGRIND_FAKE_PATH="' + FileInfo.joinPaths(project.buildDirectory, qtc.ide_bin_path) + '"',
+            'TESTRUNNER_SRC_DIR="' + FileInfo.joinPaths(path, "../../../tests/auto/valgrind/memcheck/testapps") + '"',
+            'TESTRUNNER_APP_DIR="' + FileInfo.joinPaths(project.buildDirectory, qtc.ide_bin_path, "testapps") + '"'
+        ])
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
index 58000ca2a4e..4c9fa218f4d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ static QString fakeValgrindExecutable()
         if (fi.exists())
             return fi.canonicalFilePath();
         fi = QFileInfo(QString(valgrindFakePath + "/release"), "valgrind-fake.exe");
+        if (fi.exists())
+            return fi.canonicalFilePath();
+        // Qbs uses the install-root/bin
+        fi = QFileInfo(valgrindFakePath, "valgrind-fake.exe");
         if (fi.exists())
             return fi.canonicalFilePath();
         qFatal("Neither debug nor release build valgrind-fake found.");