diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindtool.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindtool.cpp
index 035e2cd6d61..793313397e1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindtool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindtool.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 #include <projectexplorer/kitinformation.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/target.h>
+#include <utils/tcpportsgatherer.h>
+
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
 using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 using namespace RemoteLinux;
@@ -65,15 +68,23 @@ Analyzer::AnalyzerStartParameters ValgrindTool::createStartParameters(
             qobject_cast<LocalApplicationRunConfiguration *>(runConfiguration)) {
         ProjectExplorer::EnvironmentAspect *aspect
                 = runConfiguration->extraAspect<ProjectExplorer::EnvironmentAspect>();
-        sp.startMode = Analyzer::StartLocal;
         if (aspect)
             sp.environment = aspect->environment();
         sp.workingDirectory = rc1->workingDirectory();
         sp.debuggee = rc1->executable();
         sp.debuggeeArgs = rc1->commandLineArguments();
         sp.connParams.host = QLatin1String("localhost");
-        sp.connParams.port = rc1->extraAspect<Debugger::DebuggerRunConfigurationAspect>()
-                ->qmlDebugServerPort();
+        const ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ConstPtr device =
+                ProjectExplorer::DeviceKitInformation::device(runConfiguration->target()->kit());
+        QTC_ASSERT(device->type() == ProjectExplorer::Constants::DESKTOP_DEVICE_TYPE, return sp);
+        Utils::TcpPortsGatherer portsGatherer;
+        portsGatherer.update(QAbstractSocket::UnknownNetworkLayerProtocol);
+        Utils::PortList portList = device->freePorts();
+        int freePort = portsGatherer.getNextFreePort(&portList);
+        if (freePort == -1)
+            return sp;
+        sp.connParams.port = freePort;
+        sp.startMode = Analyzer::StartLocal;
     } else if (RemoteLinuxRunConfiguration *rc2 =
                qobject_cast<RemoteLinuxRunConfiguration *>(runConfiguration)) {
         sp.startMode = Analyzer::StartRemote;