diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/clangcompileroptionsbuilder.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/clangcompileroptionsbuilder.cpp
index 7508b3d63e9..160bf6b4c6c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/clangcompileroptionsbuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/clangcompileroptionsbuilder.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace CppTools {
 static QString creatorResourcePath()
 {
 #ifndef UNIT_TESTS
-    return Core::ICore::instance()->resourcePath();
+    return Core::ICore::instance()->libexecPath();
 #else
     return QString();
 #endif