diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericbuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericbuildconfiguration.cpp
index 4ba1127ffe7..cc20c2e8608 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericbuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericbuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/target.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/toolchain.h>
+#include <qtsupport/baseqtversion.h>
+#include <qtsupport/qtkitinformation.h>
 
 #include <utils/mimetypes/mimedatabase.h>
 #include <utils/pathchooser.h>
@@ -199,6 +201,9 @@ BuildConfiguration::BuildType GenericBuildConfiguration::buildType() const
 void GenericBuildConfiguration::addToEnvironment(Utils::Environment &env) const
 {
     prependCompilerPathToEnvironment(env);
+    const QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *qt = QtSupport::QtKitInformation::qtVersion(target()->kit());
+    if (qt)
+        env.prependOrSetPath(qt->binPath().toString());
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
index c4253f68e67..ec014c8fa9a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -759,6 +759,9 @@ BuildConfiguration::BuildType QmakeBuildConfiguration::buildType() const
 void QmakeBuildConfiguration::addToEnvironment(Environment &env) const
 {
     prependCompilerPathToEnvironment(env);
+    const BaseQtVersion *qt = QtKitInformation::qtVersion(target()->kit());
+    if (qt)
+        env.prependOrSetPath(qt->binPath().toString());
 }
 
 QmakeBuildConfiguration::LastKitState::LastKitState() { }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
index e6c5517963d..459d3b4374c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/baseqtversion.cpp
@@ -1313,7 +1313,6 @@ void BaseQtVersion::addToEnvironment(const Kit *k, Environment &env) const
 {
     Q_UNUSED(k);
     env.set(QLatin1String("QTDIR"), QDir::toNativeSeparators(qmakeProperty("QT_HOST_DATA")));
-    env.prependOrSetPath(qmakeProperty("QT_HOST_BINS"));
 }
 
 // Some Qt versions may require environment settings for qmake to work