diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
index d6ca081d4b7..f1246a1aa32 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4projectmanager.cpp
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ ProjectExplorer::Project *Qt4Manager::contextProject() const
 
 void Qt4Manager::runQMake()
 {
-    runQMake(projectExplorer()->currentProject(), 0);
+    runQMake(projectExplorer()->startupProject(), 0);
 }
 
 void Qt4Manager::runQMakeContextMenu()