diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileinprojectfinder.cpp b/src/libs/utils/fileinprojectfinder.cpp
index 2be64260e8a..90be2416961 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileinprojectfinder.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileinprojectfinder.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "fileinprojectfinder.h"
+
+#include "algorithm.h"
 #include "fileutils.h"
 #include "hostosinfo.h"
+#include "qrcparser.h"
 #include "qtcassert.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ void FileInProjectFinder::setProjectFiles(const FileNameList &projectFiles)
 
     m_projectFiles = projectFiles;
     m_cache.clear();
+    m_qrcUrlFinder.setProjectFiles(projectFiles);
 }
 
 void FileInProjectFinder::setSysroot(const FileName &sysroot)
@@ -140,6 +144,13 @@ QString FileInProjectFinder::findFile(const QUrl &fileUrl, bool *success) const
 {
     qCDebug(finderLog) << "FileInProjectFinder: trying to find file" << fileUrl.toString() << "...";
 
+    if (fileUrl.scheme() == "qrc" || fileUrl.toString().startsWith(':')) {
+        const QString result = m_qrcUrlFinder.find(fileUrl);
+        if (success)
+            *success = !result.isEmpty();
+        return result;
+    }
+
     QString originalPath = fileUrl.toLocalFile();
     if (originalPath.isEmpty()) // e.g. qrc://
         originalPath = fileUrl.path();
@@ -421,4 +432,34 @@ FileInProjectFinder::PathMappingNode::~PathMappingNode()
     qDeleteAll(children);
 }
 
+QString FileInProjectFinder::QrcUrlFinder::find(const QUrl &fileUrl) const
+{
+    QString result;
+    const auto fileIt = m_fileCache.constFind(fileUrl);
+    if (fileIt != m_fileCache.cend())
+        return fileIt.value();
+    for (const FileName &f : m_allQrcFiles) {
+        QrcParser::Ptr &qrcParser = m_parserCache[f];
+        if (!qrcParser)
+            qrcParser = QrcParser::parseQrcFile(f.toString(), QString());
+        if (!qrcParser->isValid())
+            continue;
+        QStringList hits;
+        qrcParser->collectFilesAtPath(QrcParser::normalizedQrcFilePath(fileUrl.toString()), &hits);
+        if (!hits.empty()) {
+            result = hits.first();
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    m_fileCache.insert(fileUrl, result);
+    return result;
+}
+
+void FileInProjectFinder::QrcUrlFinder::setProjectFiles(const FileNameList &projectFiles)
+{
+    m_allQrcFiles = filtered(projectFiles, [](const FileName &f) { return f.endsWith(".qrc"); });
+    m_fileCache.clear();
+    m_parserCache.clear();
+}
+
 } // namespace Utils
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileinprojectfinder.h b/src/libs/utils/fileinprojectfinder.h
index 43a954ff930..2b1dc940902 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileinprojectfinder.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileinprojectfinder.h
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
 #include <utils/fileutils.h>
 
 #include <QHash>
+#include <QSharedPointer>
 #include <QStringList>
 
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QUrl)
 
 namespace Utils {
+class QrcParser;
 
 class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT FileInProjectFinder
 {
@@ -73,6 +75,16 @@ private:
         int matchLength = 0;
     };
 
+    class QrcUrlFinder {
+    public:
+        QString find(const QUrl &fileUrl) const;
+        void setProjectFiles(const FileNameList &projectFiles);
+    private:
+        FileNameList m_allQrcFiles;
+        mutable QHash<QUrl, QString> m_fileCache;
+        mutable QHash<FileName, QSharedPointer<QrcParser>> m_parserCache;
+    };
+
     CacheEntry findInSearchPaths(const QString &filePath, FileHandler fileHandler,
                                  DirectoryHandler directoryHandler) const;
     static CacheEntry findInSearchPath(const QString &searchPath, const QString &filePath,
@@ -93,6 +105,7 @@ private:
     PathMappingNode m_pathMapRoot;
 
     mutable QHash<QString, CacheEntry> m_cache;
+    QrcUrlFinder m_qrcUrlFinder;
 };
 
 } // namespace Utils