diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractmaemodeploystep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractmaemodeploystep.cpp
index 57580d9ea07..e305bdc7195 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractmaemodeploystep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractmaemodeploystep.cpp
@@ -249,10 +249,18 @@ void AbstractMaemoDeployStep::start()
     if (isDeploymentNeeded(deviceConfiguration()->sshParameters().host)) {
         if (deviceConfiguration()->type() == LinuxDeviceConfiguration::Emulator
                 && !MaemoQemuManager::instance().qemuIsRunning()) {
-            MaemoQemuManager::instance().startRuntime();
-            raiseError(tr("Cannot deploy: Qemu was not running. "
-                "It has now been started up for you, but it will take "
-                "a bit of time until it is ready."));
+            MaemoQemuRuntime rt;
+            const int qtId = qt4BuildConfiguration() && qt4BuildConfiguration()->qtVersion()
+                ? qt4BuildConfiguration()->qtVersion()->uniqueId() : -1;
+            if (MaemoQemuManager::instance().runtimeForQtVersion(qtId, &rt)) {
+                MaemoQemuManager::instance().startRuntime();
+                raiseError(tr("Cannot deploy: Qemu was not running. "
+                    "It has now been started up for you, but it will take "
+                    "a bit of time until it is ready. Please try again then."));
+            } else {
+                raiseError(tr("Cannot deploy: You want to deploy to Qemu, but it is not enabled "
+                    "for this Qt version."));
+            }
             emit done();
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemosshrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemosshrunner.cpp
index 0a1d8335f4f..3c6f61b0473 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemosshrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemosshrunner.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 #include "maemoremotemountsmodel.h"
 #include "remotelinuxrunconfiguration.h"
 
+#include <qt4projectmanager/qt4buildconfiguration.h>
+#include <qtsupport/baseqtversion.h>
+
 #define ASSERT_STATE(state) ASSERT_STATE_GENERIC(MountState, state, m_mountState)
 
 using namespace Qt4ProjectManager;
@@ -51,7 +54,9 @@ MaemoSshRunner::MaemoSshRunner(QObject *parent, MaemoRunConfiguration *runConfig
       m_mountSpecs(runConfig->remoteMounts()->mountSpecs()),
       m_mountState(InactiveMountState)
 {
-    m_mounter->setBuildConfiguration(runConfig->activeQt4BuildConfiguration());
+    const Qt4BuildConfiguration * const bc = runConfig->activeQt4BuildConfiguration();
+    m_qtId = bc && bc->qtVersion() ? bc->qtVersion()->uniqueId() : -1;
+    m_mounter->setBuildConfiguration(bc);
     connect(m_mounter, SIGNAL(mounted()), this, SLOT(handleMounted()));
     connect(m_mounter, SIGNAL(unmounted()), this, SLOT(handleUnmounted()));
     connect(m_mounter, SIGNAL(error(QString)), this,
@@ -71,9 +76,14 @@ bool MaemoSshRunner::canRun(QString &whyNot) const
 
     if (devConfig()->type() == LinuxDeviceConfiguration::Emulator
             && !MaemoQemuManager::instance().qemuIsRunning()) {
-        MaemoQemuManager::instance().startRuntime();
-        whyNot = tr("Qemu was not running. It has now been started up for you, but it will take "
-            "a bit of time until it is ready.");
+        MaemoQemuRuntime rt;
+        if (MaemoQemuManager::instance().runtimeForQtVersion(m_qtId, &rt)) {
+            MaemoQemuManager::instance().startRuntime();
+            whyNot = tr("Qemu was not running. It has now been started up for you, but it will "
+                "take a bit of time until it is ready. Please try again then.");
+        } else {
+            whyNot = tr("You want to run on Qemu, but it is not enabled for this Qt version.");
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemosshrunner.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemosshrunner.h
index 19649de36a1..e16f5991193 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemosshrunner.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/maemosshrunner.h
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ private:
 
     MaemoRemoteMounter * const m_mounter;
     QList<MaemoMountSpecification> m_mountSpecs;
-
     MountState m_mountState;
+    int m_qtId;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal