diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.cpp
index 750b1363a47..70a4e60deb6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -531,13 +531,11 @@ void BuildConfiguration::setUserEnvironmentChanges(const EnvironmentItems &diff)
 
 bool BuildConfiguration::isEnabled() const
 {
-    return !buildSystem()->isParsing() && buildSystem()->hasParsingData();
+    return buildSystem()->hasParsingData();
 }
 
 QString BuildConfiguration::disabledReason() const
 {
-    if (buildSystem()->isParsing())
-        return (tr("The project is currently being parsed."));
     if (!buildSystem()->hasParsingData())
         return (tr("The project was not parsed successfully."));
     return QString();
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.h
index 73d2eb3fe9a..40f7dd72ce0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.h
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ public:
     bool fromMap(const QVariantMap &map) override;
     QVariantMap toMap() const override;
 
-    virtual bool isEnabled() const;
-    virtual QString disabledReason() const;
+    bool isEnabled() const;
+    QString disabledReason() const;
 
     virtual bool regenerateBuildFiles(Node *node);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildmanager.cpp
index 502ba4490a8..0c2c1cdd61e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildmanager.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "buildprogress.h"
 #include "buildsteplist.h"
+#include "buildsystem.h"
 #include "compileoutputwindow.h"
 #include "deployconfiguration.h"
 #include "kit.h"
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <coreplugin/progressmanager/futureprogress.h>
 #include <coreplugin/progressmanager/progressmanager.h>
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
+#include <utils/algorithm.h>
 #include <utils/outputformatter.h>
 #include <utils/runextensions.h>
 #include <utils/stringutils.h>
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <QList>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QPointer>
+#include <QSet>
 #include <QTime>
 #include <QTimer>
 
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ public:
     Internal::CompileOutputWindow *m_outputWindow = nullptr;
     Internal::TaskWindow *m_taskWindow = nullptr;
 
+    QMetaObject::Connection m_scheduledBuild;
     QList<BuildStep *> m_buildQueue;
     QList<bool> m_enabledState;
     QStringList m_stepNames;
@@ -459,6 +463,12 @@ QString BuildManager::displayNameForStepId(Id stepId)
 
 void BuildManager::cancel()
 {
+    if (d->m_scheduledBuild) {
+        disconnect(d->m_scheduledBuild);
+        d->m_scheduledBuild = {};
+        clearBuildQueue();
+        return;
+    }
     if (d->m_running) {
         if (d->m_canceling)
             return;
@@ -502,11 +512,13 @@ void BuildManager::clearBuildQueue()
     d->m_previousBuildStepProject = nullptr;
     d->m_currentBuildStep = nullptr;
 
-    d->m_progressFutureInterface->reportCanceled();
-    d->m_progressFutureInterface->reportFinished();
-    d->m_progressWatcher.setFuture(QFuture<void>());
-    delete d->m_progressFutureInterface;
-    d->m_progressFutureInterface = nullptr;
+    if (d->m_progressFutureInterface) {
+        d->m_progressFutureInterface->reportCanceled();
+        d->m_progressFutureInterface->reportFinished();
+        d->m_progressWatcher.setFuture(QFuture<void>());
+        delete d->m_progressFutureInterface;
+        d->m_progressFutureInterface = nullptr;
+    }
     d->m_futureProgress = nullptr;
     d->m_maxProgress = 0;
 
@@ -544,6 +556,28 @@ void BuildManager::startBuildQueue()
         emit m_instance->buildQueueFinished(true);
         return;
     }
+
+    // Delay if any of the involved build systems are currently parsing.
+    const auto buildSystems = transform<QSet<BuildSystem *>>(d->m_buildQueue,
+        [](const BuildStep *bs) { return bs->buildSystem(); });
+    for (const BuildSystem * const bs : buildSystems) {
+        if (!bs || !bs->isParsing())
+            continue;
+        d->m_scheduledBuild = QObject::connect(bs, &BuildSystem::parsingFinished,
+                                               BuildManager::instance(),
+                [](bool parsingSuccess) {
+            if (!d->m_scheduledBuild)
+                return;
+            QObject::disconnect(d->m_scheduledBuild);
+            d->m_scheduledBuild = {};
+            if (parsingSuccess)
+                startBuildQueue();
+            else
+                clearBuildQueue();
+        }, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (!d->m_running) {
         d->m_elapsed.start();
         // Progress Reporting
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
index 79e4e3ff2b0..d91558ea44e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ void BuildSystem::emitParsingStarted()
     QTC_ASSERT(!d->m_isParsing, return);
 
     d->m_isParsing = true;
-    d->m_hasParsingData = false;
     emit parsingStarted();
     emit d->m_target->parsingStarted();
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 118e39fb9e2..8babc8f6d8d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -2870,6 +2870,11 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::runRunConfiguration(RunConfiguration *rc,
 {
     if (!rc->isEnabled())
         return;
+    const auto delay = [rc, runMode] {
+        dd->m_runMode = runMode;
+        dd->m_delayedRunConfiguration = rc;
+        dd->m_shouldHaveRunConfiguration = true;
+    };
     const BuildForRunConfigStatus buildStatus = forceSkipDeploy
             ? BuildManager::isBuilding(rc->project())
                 ? BuildForRunConfigStatus::Building : BuildForRunConfigStatus::NotBuilding
@@ -2879,14 +2884,13 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::runRunConfiguration(RunConfiguration *rc,
         return;
     case BuildForRunConfigStatus::Building:
         QTC_ASSERT(dd->m_runMode == Constants::NO_RUN_MODE, return);
-
-        // delay running till after our queued steps were processed
-        dd->m_runMode = runMode;
-        dd->m_delayedRunConfiguration = rc;
-        dd->m_shouldHaveRunConfiguration = true;
+        delay();
         break;
     case BuildForRunConfigStatus::NotBuilding:
-        dd->executeRunConfiguration(rc, runMode);
+        if (rc->isEnabled())
+            dd->executeRunConfiguration(rc, runMode);
+        else
+            delay();
         break;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
index 00ccdf8459a..da9e6abd46c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ QbsBuildStep::~QbsBuildStep()
 
 bool QbsBuildStep::init()
 {
-    if (qbsBuildSystem()->isParsing() || m_session)
+    if (m_session)
         return false;
 
     auto bc = static_cast<QbsBuildConfiguration *>(buildConfiguration());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
index f5d144875e1..999f34e426e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -231,11 +231,8 @@ QString QmlProjectRunConfiguration::commandLineArguments() const
 
 bool QmlProjectRunConfiguration::isEnabled() const
 {
-    if (m_qmlMainFileAspect->isQmlFilePresent() && !commandLine().executable().isEmpty()) {
-        BuildSystem *bs = activeBuildSystem();
-        return !bs->isParsing() && bs->hasParsingData();
-    }
-    return false;
+    return m_qmlMainFileAspect->isQmlFilePresent() && !commandLine().executable().isEmpty()
+            && activeBuildSystem()->hasParsingData();
 }
 
 QString QmlProjectRunConfiguration::mainScript() const