diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_configure.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_configure.prf
index 0e3c8a6544..e20b6a228a 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_configure.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_configure.prf
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ defineTest(qtRunSingleTest) {
 defineReplace(qtConfEvaluate) {
     isEmpty(1): return(true)
 
+    1 ~= s/$$escape_expand(\\n) */ /g
     expr = $${1}
     expr ~= s/&&/ && /g
     expr ~= s/\|\|/ || /g