diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
index 0c241193a1c..5183a9edb43 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
@@ -1297,10 +1297,28 @@ bool ProFileEvaluator::Private::isActiveConfig(const QString &config, bool regex
     if (Option::target_mode == Option::TARG_WIN_MODE && config == QLatin1String("win32"))
         return true;
 
-    QRegExp re(config, Qt::CaseSensitive, QRegExp::Wildcard);
-    QString spec = Option::qmakespec;
-    if ((regex && re.exactMatch(spec)) || (!regex && spec == config))
-        return true;
+    if (regex) {
+        QRegExp re(config, Qt::CaseSensitive, QRegExp::Wildcard);
+
+        if (re.exactMatch(Option::qmakespec))
+            return true;
+
+        // CONFIG variable
+        foreach (const QString &configValue, m_valuemap.value(QLatin1String("CONFIG"))) {
+            if (re.exactMatch(configValue))
+                return true;
+        }
+    } else {
+        // mkspecs
+        if (Option::qmakespec == config)
+            return true;
+
+        // CONFIG variable
+        foreach (const QString &configValue, m_valuemap.value(QLatin1String("CONFIG"))) {
+            if (configValue == config)
+                return true;
+        }
+    }
 
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/profilereader/data/includefiles/test.pro b/tests/auto/profilereader/data/includefiles/test.pro
index 0c2209a7c34..2939b5fbfd0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/profilereader/data/includefiles/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/profilereader/data/includefiles/test.pro
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 include(test.pri)
 
 SOURCES += pro.cpp
+
+CONFIG += testscope
+testscope:SCOPED_VARIABLE = 1
diff --git a/tests/auto/profilereader/main.cpp b/tests/auto/profilereader/main.cpp
index fa50aa59b14..0f6a3587dcb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/profilereader/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/profilereader/main.cpp
@@ -45,23 +45,32 @@ class tst_ProFileReader : public QObject
 private slots:
     void readProFile();
     void includeFiles();
+    void conditionalScopes();
 };
 
 void tst_ProFileReader::readProFile()
 {
-    ProFileCache cache;
-    ProFileReader reader(&cache);
+    ProFileReader reader;
     QCOMPARE(reader.readProFile("nonexistant"), false);
     QCOMPARE(reader.readProFile("data/includefiles/test.pro"), true);
 }
 
 void tst_ProFileReader::includeFiles()
 {
-    ProFileCache cache;
-    ProFileReader reader(&cache);
+    ProFileReader reader;
     QCOMPARE(reader.readProFile("data/includefiles/test.pro"), true);
     QCOMPARE(reader.includeFiles().size(), 2);
 }
 
+void tst_ProFileReader::conditionalScopes()
+{
+    ProFileReader reader;
+    QCOMPARE(reader.readProFile("data/includefiles/test.pro"), true);
+
+    QStringList scopedVariable = reader.values("SCOPED_VARIABLE");
+    QCOMPARE(scopedVariable.count(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(scopedVariable.first(), QLatin1String("1"));
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_ProFileReader)
 #include "main.moc"