diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
index 9bae8f43a21..1865cfb4f7e 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
@@ -172,6 +172,39 @@ QString ProFileOption::getEnv(const QString &var) const
     return QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv(var.toLocal8Bit().constData()));
 }
 
+#ifdef PROEVALUATOR_INIT_PROPS
+bool ProFileOption::initProperties(const QString &qmake)
+{
+    QByteArray data;
+#ifndef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
+    QProcess proc;
+    proc.start(qmake, QStringList() << QLatin1String("-query"));
+    if (!proc.waitForFinished())
+        return false;
+    data = proc.readAll();
+#else
+    if (FILE *proc = QT_POPEN(QString(IoUtils::shellQuote(qmake) + QLatin1String(" -query"))
+                              .toLocal8Bit(), "r")) {
+        char buff[1024];
+        while (!feof(proc))
+            data.append(buff, int(fread(buff, 1, 1023, proc)));
+        QT_PCLOSE(proc);
+    }
+#endif
+    foreach (QByteArray line, data.split('\n'))
+        if (!line.startsWith("QMAKE_")) {
+            int off = line.indexOf(':');
+            if (off < 0) // huh?
+                continue;
+            if (line.endsWith('\r'))
+                line.chop(1);
+            properties.insert(QString::fromLatin1(line.left(off)),
+                              QString::fromLocal8Bit(line.mid(off + 1)));
+        }
+    return true;
+}
+#endif
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // ProFileEvaluator::Private
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
index 3f73de4ca1a..003042b922d 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ struct PROPARSER_EXPORT ProFileOption
     // -nocache, -cache, -spec, QMAKESPEC
     // -set persistent value
     void setCommandLineArguments(const QStringList &args);
+#ifdef PROEVALUATOR_INIT_PROPS
+    bool initProperties(const QString &qmake);
+#endif
 
   private:
     friend class ProFileEvaluator;
diff --git a/tests/manual/proparser/main.cpp b/tests/manual/proparser/main.cpp
index 6f70e513f1e..aec72921224 100644
--- a/tests/manual/proparser/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/manual/proparser/main.cpp
@@ -160,33 +160,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         qFatal("need at least two arguments: [-v] <cumulative?> <filenme> [<out_pwd> [<qmake options>]]");
 
     ProFileOption option;
+    option.initProperties(QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::BinariesPath) + QLatin1String("/qmake"));
     if (args.count() >= 4)
         option.setCommandLineArguments(args.mid(3));
     ProFileParser parser(0, &parseHandler);
 
-    static const struct {
-        const char * const name;
-        QLibraryInfo::LibraryLocation index;
-    } props[] = {
-        { "QT_INSTALL_DATA", QLibraryInfo::DataPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_LIBS", QLibraryInfo::LibrariesPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_IMPORTS", QLibraryInfo::ImportsPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_HEADERS", QLibraryInfo::HeadersPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_DEMOS", QLibraryInfo::DemosPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES", QLibraryInfo::ExamplesPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_CONFIGURATION", QLibraryInfo::SettingsPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_TRANSLATIONS", QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS", QLibraryInfo::PluginsPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_BINS", QLibraryInfo::BinariesPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_DOCS", QLibraryInfo::DocumentationPath },
-        { "QT_INSTALL_PREFIX", QLibraryInfo::PrefixPath }
-    };
-    for (unsigned i = 0; i < sizeof(props)/sizeof(props[0]); ++i)
-        option.properties.insert(QLatin1String(props[i].name),
-                                 QLibraryInfo::location(props[i].index));
-
-    option.properties.insert(QLatin1String("QT_VERSION"), QLatin1String(qVersion()));
-
     bool cumulative = args[0] == QLatin1String("true");
     QFileInfo infi(args[1]);
     QString file = infi.absoluteFilePath();
diff --git a/tests/manual/proparser/testreader.pro b/tests/manual/proparser/testreader.pro
index 521e2b73ffb..a585ddd2ded 100644
--- a/tests/manual/proparser/testreader.pro
+++ b/tests/manual/proparser/testreader.pro
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ HEADERS = profileparser.h profileevaluator.h proitems.h ioutils.h
 
 DEFINES += QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII
 DEFINES += QT_USE_FAST_OPERATOR_PLUS QT_USE_FAST_CONCATENATION
-DEFINES += PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE
+DEFINES += PROEVALUATOR_CUMULATIVE PROEVALUATOR_INIT_PROPS