diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/codemodelbackendipcintegration.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/codemodelbackendipcintegration.cpp
index 90b61d3ba04..b93b0c2cf6c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/codemodelbackendipcintegration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/codemodelbackendipcintegration.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace {
 
 QString backendProcessPath()
 {
-    return QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
+    return Core::ICore::libexecPath()
             + QStringLiteral("/codemodelbackend")
             + QStringLiteral(QTC_HOST_EXE_SUFFIX);
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/codemodelbackend/codemodelbackend.pro b/src/tools/codemodelbackend/codemodelbackend.pro
index 8c5e6357f13..3f99b04b004 100644
--- a/src/tools/codemodelbackend/codemodelbackend.pro
+++ b/src/tools/codemodelbackend/codemodelbackend.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include(codemodelbackend.pri)
 
-DESTDIR = $$IDE_BIN_PATH
-target.path = /bin
+DESTDIR = $$IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH
+target.path = $$QTC_PREFIX/bin # FIXME: libexec, more or less
+INSTALLS += target