diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
index 9e5205b94de..f360ea6648b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ void BuildSystem::emitParsingStarted()
 
     d->m_isParsing = true;
     d->m_hasParsingData = false;
+    emit parsingStarted();
     emit d->m_target->parsingStarted();
 }
 
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ void BuildSystem::emitParsingFinished(bool success)
 
     d->m_isParsing = false;
     d->m_hasParsingData = success;
+    emit parsingFinished(success);
     emit d->m_target->parsingFinished(success);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.h
index b3a142c15a9..551f83ac00e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.h
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ public:
     virtual void triggerParsing() = 0;
 
 signals:
+    void parsingStarted();
+    void parsingFinished(bool success);
     void deploymentDataChanged();
     void applicationTargetsChanged();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
index c9b6ef0463b..af07fa7e5d6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
@@ -1085,8 +1085,8 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::testProject_parsingSuccess()
 {
     TestProject project;
 
-    QSignalSpy startSpy(project.target, &Target::parsingStarted);
-    QSignalSpy stopSpy(project.target, &Target::parsingFinished);
+    QSignalSpy startSpy(project.target->buildSystem(), &BuildSystem::parsingStarted);
+    QSignalSpy stopSpy(project.target->buildSystem(), &BuildSystem::parsingFinished);
 
     {
         BuildSystem::ParseGuard guard = project.target->buildSystem()->guardParsingRun();
@@ -1111,8 +1111,8 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::testProject_parsingFail()
 {
     TestProject project;
 
-    QSignalSpy startSpy(project.target, &Target::parsingStarted);
-    QSignalSpy stopSpy(project.target, &Target::parsingFinished);
+    QSignalSpy startSpy(project.target->buildSystem(), &BuildSystem::parsingStarted);
+    QSignalSpy stopSpy(project.target->buildSystem(), &BuildSystem::parsingFinished);
 
     {
         BuildSystem::ParseGuard guard = project.target->buildSystem()->guardParsingRun();