diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbplugin.cpp
index a1157cca01a..77dca67bd32 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbplugin.cpp
@@ -121,10 +121,11 @@ public:
         : SimpleTargetRunner(runControl)
     {
         setStartModifier([this] {
-            CommandLine plain = commandLine();
-            CommandLine cmd;
-            cmd.setExecutable(plain.executable().withNewPath(Constants::AppcontrollerFilepath));
-            cmd.addCommandLineAsArgs(plain);
+            const CommandLine remoteCommand = commandLine();
+            const FilePath remoteExe = remoteCommand.executable();
+            CommandLine cmd{remoteExe.withNewPath(Constants::AppcontrollerFilepath)};
+            cmd.addArg(remoteExe.nativePath());
+            cmd.addArgs(remoteCommand.arguments(), CommandLine::Raw);
             setCommandLine(cmd);
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbrunconfiguration.cpp
index 7f203fd47e1..28097f7f5f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <projectexplorer/buildsystem.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/buildtargetinfo.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/deploymentdata.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/kitinformation.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/project.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/runconfigurationaspects.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/target.h>
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <remotelinux/remotelinuxenvironmentaspect.h>
 
 #include <utils/commandline.h>
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
 using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 using namespace Utils;
@@ -90,8 +93,9 @@ QdbRunConfiguration::QdbRunConfiguration(Target *target, Id id)
         const BuildTargetInfo bti = buildTargetInfo();
         const FilePath localExecutable = bti.targetFilePath;
         const DeployableFile depFile = target->deploymentData().deployableForLocalFile(localExecutable);
-
-        exeAspect->setExecutable(FilePath::fromString(depFile.remoteFilePath()));
+        IDevice::ConstPtr dev = DeviceKitAspect::device(target->kit());
+        QTC_ASSERT(dev, return);
+        exeAspect->setExecutable(dev->filePath(depFile.remoteFilePath()));
         symbolsAspect->setFilePath(localExecutable);
     });