diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 0ee14ab5ff5..93e1aab014d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QThreadPool>
 #include <QTimer>
 
 /*!
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ public:
 #ifdef WITH_JOURNALD
     JournaldWatcher *m_journalWatcher;
 #endif
+    QThreadPool m_threadPool;
 };
 
 ProjectExplorerPluginPrivate::ProjectExplorerPluginPrivate() :
@@ -1852,6 +1854,11 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::updateContextMenuActions()
     dd->updateContextMenuActions();
 }
 
+QThreadPool *ProjectExplorerPlugin::sharedThreadPool()
+{
+    return &(dd->m_threadPool);
+}
+
 /*!
     This function is connected to the ICore::coreOpened signal.  If
     there was no session explicitly loaded, it creates an empty new
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
index d9aef1e31e2..82aa38e98f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QPoint;
 class QAction;
+class QThreadPool;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace Core {
@@ -154,6 +155,8 @@ public:
 
     static void updateContextMenuActions();
 
+    static QThreadPool *sharedThreadPool();
+
 private:
     static bool coreAboutToClose();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
index aa74485653a..2808a6dd602 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
@@ -1800,7 +1800,9 @@ void QmakeProFileNode::asyncUpdate()
         m_readerExact->setExact(false);
     m_parseFutureWatcher.waitForFinished();
     EvalInput input = evalInput();
-    QFuture<EvalResult *> future = QtConcurrent::run(&QmakeProFileNode::asyncEvaluate, this, input);
+    QFuture<EvalResult *> future = Utils::runAsync<EvalResult *>(ProjectExplorerPlugin::sharedThreadPool(),
+                                                                 &QmakeProFileNode::asyncEvaluate,
+                                                                 this, input);
     m_parseFutureWatcher.setFuture(future);
 }