diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestconfiguration.cpp
index 157c9873e58..46a6a3d99f6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/qtest/qttestconfiguration.cpp
@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ QStringList QtTestConfiguration::argumentsForTestRunner(QStringList *omitted) co
     if (qtSettings->logSignalsSlots)
         arguments << "-vs";
 
-    if (isDebugRunMode()) {
-        if (qtSettings->noCrashHandler)
-            arguments << "-nocrashhandler";
-    }
+    if (isDebugRunMode() && qtSettings->noCrashHandler)
+        arguments << "-nocrashhandler";
 
     return arguments;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktestconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktestconfiguration.cpp
index 827b350cfe6..6875207bf76 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktestconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktestconfiguration.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 namespace Autotest {
 namespace Internal {
 
+QuickTestConfiguration::QuickTestConfiguration()
+{
+    setMixedDebugging(true);
+}
+
 TestOutputReader *QuickTestConfiguration::outputReader(const QFutureInterface<TestResultPtr> &fi,
                                                        QProcess *app) const
 {
@@ -74,6 +79,11 @@ QStringList QuickTestConfiguration::argumentsForTestRunner(QStringList *omitted)
     const QString &metricsOption = QtTestSettings::metricsTypeToOption(qtSettings->metrics);
     if (!metricsOption.isEmpty())
         arguments << metricsOption;
+
+    if (isDebugRunMode()) {
+        if (qtSettings->noCrashHandler)
+            arguments << "-nocrashhandler";
+    }
     return arguments;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktestconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktestconfiguration.h
index ecab2f4a2f3..7eca4cc1f01 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktestconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktestconfiguration.h
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
 namespace Autotest {
 namespace Internal {
 
-class QuickTestConfiguration : public TestConfiguration
+class QuickTestConfiguration : public DebuggableTestConfiguration
 {
 public:
-    explicit QuickTestConfiguration() {}
+    QuickTestConfiguration();
     TestOutputReader *outputReader(const QFutureInterface<TestResultPtr> &fi,
                                    QProcess *app) const override;
     QStringList argumentsForTestRunner(QStringList *omitted = nullptr) const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.cpp
index 35202696364..953f31e6618 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ bool QuickTestTreeItem::canProvideTestConfiguration() const
     }
 }
 
+bool QuickTestTreeItem::canProvideDebugConfiguration() const
+{
+    return canProvideTestConfiguration();
+}
+
 TestConfiguration *QuickTestTreeItem::testConfiguration() const
 {
     ProjectExplorer::Project *project = ProjectExplorer::SessionManager::startupProject();
@@ -143,6 +148,14 @@ TestConfiguration *QuickTestTreeItem::testConfiguration() const
     return config;
 }
 
+TestConfiguration *QuickTestTreeItem::debugConfiguration() const
+{
+    QuickTestConfiguration *config = static_cast<QuickTestConfiguration *>(testConfiguration());
+    if (config)
+        config->setRunMode(TestRunMode::Debug);
+    return config;
+}
+
 QList<TestConfiguration *> QuickTestTreeItem::getAllTestConfigurations() const
 {
     QList<TestConfiguration *> result;
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.h b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.h
index a0e860a52c0..be036a13fb3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.h
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ public:
     QVariant data(int column, int role) const override;
     Qt::ItemFlags flags(int column) const override;
     bool canProvideTestConfiguration() const override;
+    bool canProvideDebugConfiguration() const override;
     TestConfiguration *testConfiguration() const override;
+    TestConfiguration *debugConfiguration() const override;
     QList<TestConfiguration *> getAllTestConfigurations() const override;
     QList<TestConfiguration *> getSelectedTestConfigurations() const override;
     TestTreeItem *find(const TestParseResult *result) override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/testconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/autotest/testconfiguration.h
index e35b0f0dd21..e3a0bcea3f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/testconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/testconfiguration.h
@@ -117,8 +117,11 @@ public:
     void setRunMode(TestRunMode mode) { m_runMode = mode; }
     TestRunMode runMode() const { return m_runMode; }
     bool isDebugRunMode() const;
+    void setMixedDebugging(bool enable) { m_mixedDebugging = enable; }
+    bool mixedDebugging() const { return m_mixedDebugging; }
 private:
     TestRunMode m_runMode;
+    bool m_mixedDebugging = false;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/testrunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/autotest/testrunconfiguration.h
index b0cd1c8e1d2..34ba6b8363b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/testrunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/testrunconfiguration.h
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ public:
         initialize("AutoTest.TestRunConfig");
         setDefaultDisplayName(tr("AutoTest Debug"));
 
-        // disable QmlDebugger that is enabled by default
-        // might change if debugging QuickTest gets enabled
+        bool enableQuick = false;
+        if (auto debuggable = dynamic_cast<DebuggableTestConfiguration *>(config))
+            enableQuick = debuggable->mixedDebugging();
+
         if (auto debugAspect = extraAspect<Debugger::DebuggerRunConfigurationAspect>())
-            debugAspect->setUseQmlDebugger(false);
+            debugAspect->setUseQmlDebugger(enableQuick);
         m_testConfig = config;
     }