diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/qtquickapp/qmlapplicationviewer/qmlapplicationviewer.cpp b/share/qtcreator/templates/qtquickapp/qmlapplicationviewer/qmlapplicationviewer.cpp
index f4221780796..9166a92f805 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/qtquickapp/qmlapplicationviewer/qmlapplicationviewer.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/qtquickapp/qmlapplicationviewer/qmlapplicationviewer.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class QmlApplicationViewerPrivate
 
 QString QmlApplicationViewerPrivate::adjustPath(const QString &path)
 {
-#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
     if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(path))
         return QString::fromLatin1("%1/../Resources/%2")
@@ -65,11 +64,14 @@ QString QmlApplicationViewerPrivate::adjustPath(const QString &path)
     if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(path))
         return QString::fromLatin1("app/native/%1").arg(path);
 #elif !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
-    const QString pathInInstallDir =
+    QString pathInInstallDir =
             QString::fromLatin1("%1/../%2").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath(), path);
     if (QFileInfo(pathInInstallDir).exists())
         return pathInInstallDir;
-#endif
+    pathInInstallDir =
+            QString::fromLatin1("%1/%2").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath(), path);
+    if (QFileInfo(pathInInstallDir).exists())
+        return pathInInstallDir;
 #endif
     return path;
 }