diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
index 384ec721e45..23f3c98a8d1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ void Qt4BuildConfiguration::importFromBuildDirectory()
             }
 
             QPair<BaseQtVersion::QmakeBuildConfigs, QString> result =
-                    QtVersionManager::scanMakeFile(directory, version->defaultBuildConfig());
+                    QtVersionManager::scanMakeFile(mkfile, version->defaultBuildConfig());
             BaseQtVersion::QmakeBuildConfigs qmakeBuildConfig = result.first;
 
             QString aa = result.second;