diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/ioutputpane.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/ioutputpane.h
index 8222ca19bc6..f3ae7fa0b82 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/ioutputpane.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/ioutputpane.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "core_global.h"
+#include "icontext.h"
 
 #include <utils/fancylineedit.h>
 #include <utils/id.h>
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ protected:
     void setFilteringEnabled(bool enable);
     QWidget *filterWidget() const { return m_filterOutputLineEdit; }
     void setupContext(const char *context, QWidget *widget);
+    void setupContext(const Context &context, QWidget *widget);
     void setZoomButtonsEnabled(bool enabled);
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/outputpanemanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/outputpanemanager.cpp
index b26caf92322..037779f0bfb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/outputpanemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/outputpanemanager.cpp
@@ -166,10 +166,15 @@ void IOutputPane::setFilteringEnabled(bool enable)
 }
 
 void IOutputPane::setupContext(const char *context, QWidget *widget)
+{
+    return setupContext(Context(context), widget);
+}
+
+void IOutputPane::setupContext(const Context &context, QWidget *widget)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(!m_context, return);
     m_context = new IContext(this);
-    m_context->setContext(Context(context));
+    m_context->setContext(context);
     m_context->setWidget(widget);
     ICore::addContextObject(m_context);