diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h
index 08671c7c6c1..b91632e9b87 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ const char BUILDSTEPS_DEPLOY[] = "ProjectExplorer.BuildSteps.Deploy";
 const char C_LANGUAGE_ID[] = "C";
 const char CXX_LANGUAGE_ID[] = "Cxx";
 const char QMLJS_LANGUAGE_ID[] = "QMLJS";
+const char PYTHON_LANGUAGE_ID[] = "Python";
 
 // ToolChain TypeIds
 const char CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID[] = "ProjectExplorer.ToolChain.Clang";
diff --git a/src/plugins/python/pythonproject.cpp b/src/plugins/python/pythonproject.cpp
index 319fe245d68..9b568713844 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python/pythonproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/python/pythonproject.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ PythonProject::PythonProject(const FilePath &fileName)
     : Project(Constants::C_PY_MIMETYPE, fileName)
 {
     setId(PythonProjectId);
-    setProjectLanguages(Context(ProjectExplorer::Constants::CXX_LANGUAGE_ID));
+    setProjectLanguages(Context(ProjectExplorer::Constants::PYTHON_LANGUAGE_ID));
     setDisplayName(fileName.toFileInfo().completeBaseName());
 
     setNeedsBuildConfigurations(false);