diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/profilereader.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/profilereader.cpp
index 809342960e9..a65ee78c3ad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/profilereader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/profilereader.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ void ProMessageHandler::message(int type, const QString &msg, const QString &fil
         emit writeMessage(format(fileName, lineNo, msg), Core::MessageManager::NoModeSwitch);
 }
 
-void ProMessageHandler::fileMessage(const QString &msg)
+void ProMessageHandler::fileMessage(int type, const QString &msg)
 {
+    Q_UNUSED(type)
     if (m_verbose)
         emit writeMessage(msg, Core::MessageManager::NoModeSwitch);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/profilereader.h b/src/plugins/qtsupport/profilereader.h
index 3ab37cc1aca..dfdf9af140f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/profilereader.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/profilereader.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public:
     virtual void aboutToEval(ProFile *, ProFile *, EvalFileType) {}
     virtual void doneWithEval(ProFile *) {}
     virtual void message(int type, const QString &msg, const QString &fileName, int lineNo);
-    virtual void fileMessage(const QString &msg);
+    virtual void fileMessage(int type, const QString &msg);
 
     void setVerbose(bool on) { m_verbose = on; }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakebuiltins.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakebuiltins.cpp
index 0c6f9431b1f..f6cc329b849 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakebuiltins.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakebuiltins.cpp
@@ -399,7 +399,9 @@ QByteArray QMakeEvaluator::getCommandOutput(const QString &args) const
     if (!errout.isEmpty()) {
         if (errout.endsWith('\n'))
             errout.chop(1);
-        m_handler->message(QMakeHandler::EvalError, QString::fromLocal8Bit(errout));
+        m_handler->message(
+            QMakeHandler::EvalError | (m_cumulative ? QMakeHandler::CumulativeEvalMessage : 0),
+            QString::fromLocal8Bit(errout));
     }
 # endif
     out = proc.readAllStandardOutput();
@@ -1467,8 +1469,12 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateBuiltinConditional(
                 fputs(msg.toLatin1().constData(), stderr);
 #endif
             } else {
-                m_handler->fileMessage(fL1S("Project %1: %2")
-                                       .arg(function.toQString(m_tmp1).toUpper(), msg));
+                m_handler->fileMessage(
+                        (func_t == T_ERROR   ? QMakeHandler::ErrorMessage :
+                         func_t == T_WARNING ? QMakeHandler::WarningMessage :
+                                               QMakeHandler::InfoMessage)
+                        | (m_cumulative ? QMakeHandler::CumulativeEvalMessage : 0),
+                        fL1S("Project %1: %2").arg(function.toQString(m_tmp1).toUpper(), msg));
             }
         }
         return (func_t == T_ERROR && !m_cumulative) ? ReturnError : ReturnTrue;
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index cce86acecd6..72d9d31b173 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateFileInto(
 void QMakeEvaluator::message(int type, const QString &msg) const
 {
     if (!m_skipLevel)
-        m_handler->message(type, msg,
+        m_handler->message(type | (m_cumulative ? QMakeHandler::CumulativeEvalMessage : 0), msg,
                 m_current.line ? m_current.pro->fileName() : QString(),
                 m_current.line != 0xffff ? m_current.line : -1);
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.h b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.h
index 31d05e74c79..8538e8b4f0b 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ public:
     enum {
         SourceEvaluator = 0x10,
 
+        CumulativeEvalMessage = 0x1000,
+
         EvalWarnLanguage = SourceEvaluator |  WarningMessage | WarnLanguage,
         EvalWarnDeprecated = SourceEvaluator | WarningMessage | WarnDeprecated,
 
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ public:
     };
 
     // error(), warning() and message() from .pro file
-    virtual void fileMessage(const QString &msg) = 0;
+    virtual void fileMessage(int type, const QString &msg) = 0;
 
     enum EvalFileType { EvalProjectFile, EvalIncludeFile, EvalConfigFile, EvalFeatureFile, EvalAuxFile };
     virtual void aboutToEval(ProFile *parent, ProFile *proFile, EvalFileType type) = 0;
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeparser.h b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeparser.h
index 91320c74914..a7d55c8d47c 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeparser.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeparser.h
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ class QMAKE_EXPORT QMakeParserHandler
 public:
     enum {
         CategoryMask = 0xf00,
-        WarningMessage = 0x000,
-        ErrorMessage = 0x100,
+        InfoMessage = 0x100,
+        WarningMessage = 0x200,
+        ErrorMessage = 0x300,
 
         SourceMask = 0xf0,
         SourceParser = 0,