diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
index 88a406eda97..6049f8b3e51 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
@@ -1275,9 +1275,9 @@ bool BaseQtVersion::hasExamples() const
     return d->m_hasExamples;
 }
 
-QString BaseQtVersion::examplesPath() const
+FilePath BaseQtVersion::examplesPath() const
 {
-    return QFileInfo(qmakeProperty("QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES")).canonicalFilePath();
+    return FilePath::fromString(QFileInfo(qmakeProperty("QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES")).canonicalFilePath());
 }
 
 QStringList BaseQtVersion::qtSoPaths() const
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ bool BaseQtVersion::isSubProject(const FilePath &filePath) const
             return true;
     }
 
-    const QString &examples = examplesPath();
+    const QString examples = examplesPath().toString();
     if (!examples.isEmpty() && filePath.isChildOf(QDir(examples)))
         return true;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.h b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.h
index 48ae12e2dc8..2a22d44c2ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.h
@@ -143,11 +143,9 @@ public:
     QString qtVersionString() const;
     QtVersionNumber qtVersion() const;
 
-    bool hasExamples() const;
-    QString examplesPath() const;
-
     QStringList qtSoPaths() const;
 
+    bool hasExamples() const;
     bool hasDocumentation() const;
     QString documentationPath() const;
 
@@ -206,6 +204,7 @@ public:
 
     Utils::FilePath headerPath() const;
     Utils::FilePath docsPath() const;
+    Utils::FilePath examplesPath() const;
     Utils::FilePath libraryPath() const;
     Utils::FilePath pluginPath() const;
     Utils::FilePath qmlPath() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
index ee0d88088a6..3477796d00d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ QStringList ExampleSetModel::exampleSources(QString *examplesInstallPath, QStrin
         foreach (BaseQtVersion *version, QtVersionManager::versions()) {
             if (version->uniqueId() == qtId) {
                 manifestScanPath = version->documentationPath();
-                examplesPath = version->examplesPath();
+                examplesPath = version->examplesPath().toString();
                 demosPath = version->demosPath();
                 break;
             }