diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
index 0ae276adf31..c38be539d17 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ inline bool qCompare(int const &t1, MemcheckErrorKind const &t2,
     return qCompare(t1, int(t2), actual, expected, file, line);
 }
 
+inline bool qCompare(const QString &t1, char const *t2,
+                     char const *actual, char const *expected, char const *file, int line)
+{
+    return qCompare(t1, QString::fromLatin1(t2), actual, expected, file, line);
+}
+
 } // namespace QTest
 QT_END_NAMESPACE