diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.cpp
index fd997194bca..ecff8f4797d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ QString MaemoDeviceConfig::defaultPrivateKeyFilePath()
         + QLatin1String("/.ssh/id_rsa");
 }
 
+QString MaemoDeviceConfig::defaultPublicKeyFilePath()
+{
+    return defaultPrivateKeyFilePath() + QLatin1String(".pub");
+}
+
 QString MaemoDeviceConfig::defaultUser(MaemoGlobal::MaemoVersion osVersion)
 {
     switch (osVersion) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.h
index 3d5f4e044db..a738e7f7fbc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public:
     static QString portsRegExpr();
     static QString defaultHost(DeviceType type);
     static QString defaultPrivateKeyFilePath();
+    static QString defaultPublicKeyFilePath();
     static QString defaultUser(MaemoGlobal::MaemoVersion osVersion);
     static int defaultSshPort(DeviceType type);
     static QString defaultQemuPassword(MaemoGlobal::MaemoVersion osVersion);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigwizard.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigwizard.cpp
index 5124038df0d..c117007a924 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigwizard.cpp
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ public:
     virtual void initializePage()
     {
         m_ui->dontReuseButton->setChecked(true);
-        m_ui->privateKeyFilePathChooser->setPath(QString());
-        m_ui->publicKeyFilePathChooser->setPath(QString());
+        m_ui->privateKeyFilePathChooser->setPath(MaemoDeviceConfig::defaultPrivateKeyFilePath());
+        m_ui->publicKeyFilePathChooser->setPath(MaemoDeviceConfig::defaultPublicKeyFilePath());
         handleSelectionChanged();
     }