diff --git a/templates/lib/node.cpp b/templates/lib/node.cpp
index 2f85cfce..a933eab6 100644
--- a/templates/lib/node.cpp
+++ b/templates/lib/node.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,14 @@ QList< FilterExpression > AbstractNodeFactory::getFilterExpressionList( const QS
 
 QStringList AbstractNodeFactory::smartSplit( const QString &str ) const
 {
-  const QRegExp r( QStringLiteral( "("                   // match
+#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
+// MSVC doesn't like static string concatenations like L"foo" "bar", as
+// results from QStringLiteral, so use QLatinString here instead.
+#define STRING_LITERAL QLatinString
+#else
+#define STRING_LITERAL QStringLiteral
+#endif
+  const QRegExp r( STRING_LITERAL( "("                   // match
                     "(?:[^\\s\\\'\\\"]*"                // things that are not whitespace or escaped quote chars
                       "(?:"                             // followed by
                         "(?:\""                         // Either a quote starting with "
@@ -203,6 +210,8 @@ QStringList AbstractNodeFactory::smartSplit( const QString &str ) const
                   ")"                                   // End match
                 ) );
 
+#undef STRING_LITERAL
+
   QStringList l;
   int count = 0;
   int pos = 0;
diff --git a/templates/tests/testgenerictypes.cpp b/templates/tests/testgenerictypes.cpp
index 347743d3..0bf558b6 100644
--- a/templates/tests/testgenerictypes.cpp
+++ b/templates/tests/testgenerictypes.cpp
@@ -647,8 +647,15 @@ void TestGenericTypes::testNestedContainers()
   Grantlee::Context c;
   c.insert( QStringLiteral( "stack" ), QVariant::fromValue( getMapStack() ) );
 
+#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
+// MSVC doesn't like static string concatenations like L"foo" "bar", as
+// results from QStringLiteral, so use QLatinString here instead.
+#define STRING_LITERAL QLatinString
+#else
+#define STRING_LITERAL QStringLiteral
+#endif
   Grantlee::Template t1 = engine.newTemplate(
-    QStringLiteral(  "{% for map in stack %}"
+    STRING_LITERAL( "{% for map in stack %}"
                       "(M {% for key, list in map.items %}"
                         "({{ key }} : (L {% for vector in list %}"
                           "(V {% for number in vector %}"
@@ -659,6 +666,8 @@ void TestGenericTypes::testNestedContainers()
                     "{% endfor %}" )
     , QStringLiteral( "template1" ) );
 
+#undef STRING_LITERAL
+
   QString result = t1->render( &c );
 
   QString expectedResult = QStringLiteral(