diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
index f5928949ec8..3f076755685 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ void QmakePriFile::makeEmpty()
     m_children.clear();
 }
 
+QSet<FileName> QmakePriFile::files(const FileType &type) const
+{
+    return m_files.value(type);
+}
+
+bool QmakePriFile::buildsFile(const FileName &fn) const
+{
+    for (auto it = m_files.constBegin(); it != m_files.constEnd(); ++it) {
+        if (it.value().contains(fn))
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 QmakePriFile::~QmakePriFile()
 {
     watchFolders(QSet<QString>());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
index 3411e9a7249..1e68061a791 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ public:
     QVector<QmakePriFile *> children() const;
     void makeEmpty();
 
+    QSet<Utils::FileName> files(const ProjectExplorer::FileType &type) const;
+    bool buildsFile(const Utils::FileName &fn) const;
+
     void update(const Internal::QmakePriFileEvalResult &result);
 
     // ProjectNode interface