diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp
index 23534a902fc..fb4ef53579f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.h"
 
+#include "remotelinux_constants.h"
 #include "remotelinuxtr.h"
 #include "sshkeycreationdialog.h"
 
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget(
     m_qmlRuntimeLineEdit->setPlaceholderText(hint);
     m_qmlRuntimeLineEdit->setToolTip(hint);
 
+    m_sourceProfileCheckBox =
+        new QCheckBox(Tr::tr("Source %1 and %2").arg("/etc/profile").arg("$HOME/.profile"));
+
     auto sshPortLabel = new QLabel(Tr::tr("&SSH port:"));
     sshPortLabel->setBuddy(m_sshPortSpinBox);
 
@@ -93,7 +97,8 @@ GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget(
         Tr::tr("&Username:"), m_userLineEdit, st, br,
         m_keyLabel, m_keyFileLineEdit, createKeyButton, br,
         Tr::tr("GDB server executable:"), m_gdbServerLineEdit, br,
-        Tr::tr("QML runtime executable:"), m_qmlRuntimeLineEdit, br
+        Tr::tr("QML runtime executable:"), m_qmlRuntimeLineEdit, br,
+        QString(), m_sourceProfileCheckBox, br
     }.attachTo(this);
 
     connect(m_hostLineEdit, &QLineEdit::editingFinished,
@@ -124,6 +129,8 @@ GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget(
             this, &GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::qmlRuntimeEditingFinished);
     connect(m_hostKeyCheckBox, &QCheckBox::toggled,
             this, &GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::hostKeyCheckingChanged);
+    connect(m_sourceProfileCheckBox, &QCheckBox::toggled,
+            this, &GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::sourceProfileCheckingChanged);
 
     initGui();
 }
@@ -214,6 +221,11 @@ void GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::hostKeyCheckingChanged(bool doCheck)
     device()->setSshParameters(sshParams);
 }
 
+void GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::sourceProfileCheckingChanged(bool doCheck)
+{
+    device()->setExtraData(Constants::SourceProfile, doCheck);
+}
+
 void GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::updateDeviceFromUi()
 {
     hostNameEditingFinished();
@@ -260,6 +272,7 @@ void GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::initGui()
     m_hostLineEdit->setEnabled(!device()->isAutoDetected());
     m_sshPortSpinBox->setEnabled(!device()->isAutoDetected());
     m_hostKeyCheckBox->setChecked(sshParams.hostKeyCheckingMode != SshHostKeyCheckingNone);
+    m_sourceProfileCheckBox->setChecked(device()->extraData(Constants::SourceProfile).toBool());
 
     m_hostLineEdit->setText(sshParams.host());
     m_sshPortSpinBox->setValue(sshParams.port());
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.h
index 4e00cedcb62..024656d1fa0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ private:
     void setPrivateKey(const Utils::FilePath &path);
     void createNewKey();
     void hostKeyCheckingChanged(bool doCheck);
+    void sourceProfileCheckingChanged(bool doCheck);
 
     void updateDeviceFromUi() override;
     void updatePortsWarningLabel();
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ private:
     QLabel *m_machineTypeValueLabel;
     Utils::PathChooser *m_gdbServerLineEdit;
     Utils::PathChooser *m_qmlRuntimeLineEdit;
+    QCheckBox *m_sourceProfileCheckBox;
 };
 
 } // RemoteLinux::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
index 55a0238d938..2ed875b07a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
@@ -464,6 +464,11 @@ bool SshProcessInterface::runInShell(const CommandLine &command, const QByteArra
     return isFinished;
 }
 
+IDevice::ConstPtr SshProcessInterface::device() const
+{
+    return d->m_device;
+}
+
 void SshProcessInterface::start()
 {
     d->start();
@@ -520,7 +525,7 @@ QString LinuxProcessInterface::fullCommandLine(const CommandLine &commandLine) c
 {
     CommandLine cmd;
 
-    if (!commandLine.isEmpty()) {
+    if (!commandLine.isEmpty() && device()->extraData(Constants::SourceProfile).toBool()) {
         const QStringList rcFilesToSource = {"/etc/profile", "$HOME/.profile"};
         for (const QString &filePath : rcFilesToSource) {
             cmd.addArgs({"test", "-f", filePath});
@@ -730,6 +735,7 @@ void SshProcessInterfacePrivate::doStart()
         env.set("DISPLAY", m_sshParameters.x11DisplayName);
         m_process.setControlEnvironment(env);
     }
+    m_process.setExtraData(q->m_setup.m_extraData);
     m_process.setCommand(fullLocalCommandLine());
     m_process.start();
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux_constants.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux_constants.h
index 31a97588281..a7ad8de6989 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux_constants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux_constants.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const char CustomCommandDeployStepId[] = "RemoteLinux.GenericRemoteLinuxCustomCo
 const char KillAppStepId[] = "RemoteLinux.KillAppStep";
 
 const char SupportsRSync[] =  "RemoteLinux.SupportsRSync";
+const char SourceProfile[] =  "RemoteLinux.SourceProfile";
 
 const char RunConfigId[] = "RemoteLinuxRunConfiguration:";
 const char CustomRunConfigId[] = "RemoteLinux.CustomRunConfig";
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/sshprocessinterface.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/sshprocessinterface.h
index 9d67d6a4e67..bd896a0a4b3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/sshprocessinterface.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/sshprocessinterface.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 #include "remotelinux_export.h"
 
+#include <projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h>
+
 #include <utils/processinterface.h>
 
 namespace RemoteLinux {
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ protected:
     qint64 processId() const;
     bool runInShell(const Utils::CommandLine &command, const QByteArray &data = {});
 
+    ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ConstPtr device() const;
+
 private:
     virtual void handleStarted(qint64 processId);
     virtual void handleDone(const Utils::ProcessResultData &resultData);