diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.cpp
index 6706f80bee3..79a336fa1d7 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ bool IoUtils::isRelativePath(const QString &path)
     return true;
 }
 
+QStringRef IoUtils::pathName(const QString &fileName)
+{
+    return fileName.leftRef(fileName.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/')) + 1);
+}
+
 QStringRef IoUtils::fileName(const QString &fileName)
 {
     return fileName.midRef(fileName.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/')) + 1);
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.h b/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.h
index 865e4a7511c..e4773ca50db 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public:
     static bool exists(const QString &fileName) { return fileType(fileName) != FileNotFound; }
     static bool isRelativePath(const QString &fileName);
     static bool isAbsolutePath(const QString &fileName) { return !isRelativePath(fileName); }
+    static QStringRef pathName(const QString &fileName); // Requires normalized path
     static QStringRef fileName(const QString &fileName); // Requires normalized path
     static QString resolvePath(const QString &baseDir, const QString &fileName);
     static QString shellQuoteUnix(const QString &arg);
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index 5a750adbd0d..fea9ba2b4c1 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1845,8 +1845,9 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateFeatureFile(
     int start_root = 0;
     QString currFn = currentFileName();
     if (IoUtils::fileName(currFn) == IoUtils::fileName(fn)) {
+        QStringRef currPath = IoUtils::pathName(currFn);
         for (int root = 0; root < m_featureRoots.size(); ++root)
-            if (currFn == m_featureRoots.at(root) + fn) {
+            if (currPath == m_featureRoots.at(root)) {
                 start_root = root + 1;
                 break;
             }