diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerplugin.cpp
index b58a226b095..851bebac8c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerplugin.cpp
@@ -1188,7 +1188,8 @@ bool DebuggerPluginPrivate::parseArgument(QStringList::const_iterator &it,
         if (!kit)
             kit = guessKitFromAbis(Abi::abisOfBinary(FileName::fromString(executable)));
 
-        auto runControl = new RunControl(nullptr, ProjectExplorer::Constants::DEBUG_RUN_MODE);
+        IDevice::ConstPtr device = DeviceKitInformation::device(kit);
+        auto runControl = new RunControl(device, ProjectExplorer::Constants::DEBUG_RUN_MODE);
         auto debugger = new DebuggerRunTool(runControl, kit);
         debugger->setInferiorExecutable(executable);
         if (pid) {
@@ -1960,7 +1961,8 @@ void DebuggerPluginPrivate::attachCore()
     setConfigValue("LastExternalStartScript", dlg.overrideStartScript());
     setConfigValue("LastForceLocalCoreFile", dlg.forcesLocalCoreFile());
 
-    auto runControl = new RunControl(nullptr, ProjectExplorer::Constants::DEBUG_RUN_MODE);
+    IDevice::ConstPtr device = DeviceKitInformation::device(dlg.kit());
+    auto runControl = new RunControl(device, ProjectExplorer::Constants::DEBUG_RUN_MODE);
     auto debugger = new DebuggerRunTool(runControl, dlg.kit());
     debugger->setInferiorExecutable(dlg.localExecutableFile());
     debugger->setCoreFileName(dlg.localCoreFile());
@@ -1987,7 +1989,8 @@ void DebuggerPluginPrivate::startRemoteCdbSession()
         return;
     setConfigValue(connectionKey, dlg.connection());
 
-    auto runControl = new RunControl(nullptr, ProjectExplorer::Constants::DEBUG_RUN_MODE);
+    IDevice::ConstPtr device = DeviceKitInformation::device(kit);
+    auto runControl = new RunControl(device, ProjectExplorer::Constants::DEBUG_RUN_MODE);
     auto debugger = new DebuggerRunTool(runControl, kit);
     debugger->setStartMode(AttachToRemoteServer);
     debugger->setCloseMode(KillAtClose);
@@ -2045,7 +2048,7 @@ void DebuggerPluginPrivate::attachToRunningApplication()
     if (device->type() == PE::DESKTOP_DEVICE_TYPE) {
         attachToRunningProcess(kit, process, false);
     } else {
-        auto runControl = new RunControl(nullptr, ProjectExplorer::Constants::DEBUG_RUN_MODE);
+        auto runControl = new RunControl(device, ProjectExplorer::Constants::DEBUG_RUN_MODE);
         auto debugger = new RemoteAttachRunner(runControl, kit, process.pid);
         debugger->startRunControl();
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
index b13f267fd02..3caf3916ba2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
@@ -884,6 +884,12 @@ RunControl::RunControl(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration, Core::Id mode) :
 #endif
 }
 
+RunControl::RunControl(const IDevice::ConstPtr &device, Core::Id mode)
+    : RunControl(nullptr, mode)
+{
+    d->device = device;
+}
+
 RunControl::~RunControl()
 {
 #ifdef WITH_JOURNALD
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
index e7e0c4aa73b..aba94da1aa1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT RunControl : public QObject
 
 public:
     RunControl(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration, Core::Id mode);
+    RunControl(const IDevice::ConstPtr &device, Core::Id mode);
     ~RunControl() override;
 
     void initiateStart();