diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/test/test.pro
index 5f1963cf5f..7ad047e8a2 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/test/test.pro
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ else: DEFINES += QT_NO_NETWORK
 
 TARGET = ../tst_qfile
 SOURCES = ../tst_qfile.cpp
+INCLUDEPATH += ../../../../../shared/
+HEADERS += ../../../../../shared/emulationdetector.h
 
 RESOURCES += ../qfile.qrc ../rename-fallback.qrc ../copy-fallback.qrc
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
index a23ebc8d72..81c11ef085 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 #include <private/qfsfileengine_p.h>
 #include <private/qfilesystemengine_p.h>
 
+#include "emulationdetector.h"
+
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 extern Q_CORE_EXPORT int qt_ntfs_permission_lookup;
@@ -2393,7 +2395,11 @@ void tst_QFile::virtualFile()
     // open the file
     QFile f(fname);
     QVERIFY2(f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly), msgOpenFailed(f).constData());
+    if (EmulationDetector::isRunningArmOnX86())
+        QEXPECT_FAIL("","QEMU does not read /proc/self/maps size correctly", Continue);
     QCOMPARE(f.size(), Q_INT64_C(0));
+    if (EmulationDetector::isRunningArmOnX86())
+        QEXPECT_FAIL("","QEMU does not read /proc/self/maps size correctly", Continue);
     QVERIFY(f.atEnd());
 
     // read data