diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
index 3578e8fe002..0ab9492792f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public:
     virtual ToolChainType type() const = 0;
     virtual QString makeCommand() const = 0;
     virtual IOutputParser *outputParser() const = 0;
+    virtual QString sysroot() const { return QString(); }
 
     ToolChain();
     virtual ~ToolChain();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeploystep.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeploystep.cpp
index ba13086a272..2069f2eeae7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeploystep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeploystep.cpp
@@ -597,10 +597,10 @@ void MaemoDeployStep::installToSysroot()
     } else {
         writeOutput(tr("Copying files to sysroot ..."));
         Q_ASSERT(!m_filesToCopy.isEmpty());
-        QDir sysRootDir(toolChain()->sysrootRoot());
+        QDir sysRootDir(toolChain()->sysroot());
         foreach (const MaemoDeployable &d, m_filesToCopy) {
             const QLatin1Char sep('/');
-            const QString targetFilePath = toolChain()->sysrootRoot() + sep
+            const QString targetFilePath = toolChain()->sysroot() + sep
                 + d.remoteDir + sep + QFileInfo(d.localFilePath).fileName();
             sysRootDir.mkpath(d.remoteDir.mid(1));
             QFile::remove(targetFilePath);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
index 48963be2501..9c3c58ef14e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ MaemoDeployStep *MaemoRunConfiguration::deployStep() const
 const QString MaemoRunConfiguration::sysRoot() const
 {
     if (const MaemoToolChain *tc = toolchain())
-        return tc->sysrootRoot();
+        return tc->sysroot();
     return QString();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemotoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemotoolchain.cpp
index 8950db21078..69896d280f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemotoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemotoolchain.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void MaemoToolChain::addToEnvironment(Utils::Environment &env)
         .arg(MaemoGlobal::targetRoot(m_qtVersion))));
 
     // put this into environment to make pkg-config stuff work
-    env.prependOrSet(QLatin1String("SYSROOT_DIR"), sysrootRoot());
+    env.prependOrSet(QLatin1String("SYSROOT_DIR"), sysroot());
     env.prependOrSetPath(QDir::toNativeSeparators(QString("%1/madbin")
         .arg(maddeRoot)));
     env.prependOrSetPath(QDir::toNativeSeparators(QString("%1/madlib")
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ bool MaemoToolChain::equals(const ToolChain *other) const
     return other->type() == type() && toolChain->m_qtVersion == m_qtVersion;
 }
 
-QString MaemoToolChain::sysrootRoot() const
+QString MaemoToolChain::sysroot() const
 {
     if (!m_sysrootInitialized)
         setSysroot();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemotoolchain.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemotoolchain.h
index e8e149a6af2..de8c6fc50c3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemotoolchain.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemotoolchain.h
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ public:
     void addToEnvironment(Utils::Environment &env);
     ProjectExplorer::ToolChainType type() const;
     QString makeCommand() const;
-
-    QString sysrootRoot() const;
+    QString sysroot() const;
 
 protected:
     bool equals(const ToolChain *other) const;