diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.cpp
index 3232b43cf2f..d545e91c554 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerrunner.cpp
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ static QList<DebuggerEngineType> enginesForMode(DebuggerStartMode startMode,
                 result.push_back(QmlEngineType);
         }
         break;
+    case LoadRemoteCore:
+        result.push_back(GdbEngineType);
+        break;
     case AttachCore:
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
         result.push_back(CdbEngineType);