diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentprocessor.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentprocessor.cpp
index b3a184139db..a7a7ac1a338 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentprocessor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentprocessor.cpp
@@ -204,9 +204,11 @@ BuiltinEditorDocumentProcessor::~BuiltinEditorDocumentProcessor()
 
 void BuiltinEditorDocumentProcessor::run()
 {
-    m_parserFuture = Utils::runAsync(runParser,
+    CppModelManager *mgr = CppModelManager::instance();
+    m_parserFuture = Utils::runAsync(mgr->sharedThreadPool(),
+                                     runParser,
                                      parser(),
-                                     CppModelManager::instance()->workingCopy());
+                                     mgr->workingCopy());
 }
 
 BaseEditorDocumentParser::Ptr BuiltinEditorDocumentProcessor::parser()
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
index 81a5be27df8..b2fc32159d9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ QFuture<void> BuiltinIndexingSupport::refreshSourceFiles(const QSet<QString> &so
     params.workingCopy = mgr->workingCopy();
     params.sourceFiles = sourceFiles;
 
-    QFuture<void> result = Utils::runAsync(parse, params);
+    QFuture<void> result = Utils::runAsync(mgr->sharedThreadPool(), parse, params);
 
     if (m_synchronizer.futures().size() > 10) {
         QList<QFuture<void> > futures = m_synchronizer.futures();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
index d8732be1f9c..0f7bc7e2c46 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
@@ -365,7 +365,8 @@ void CppFindReferences::findAll_helper(SearchResult *search, Symbol *symbol,
     SearchResultWindow::instance()->popup(IOutputPane::ModeSwitch | IOutputPane::WithFocus);
     const WorkingCopy workingCopy = m_modelManager->workingCopy();
     QFuture<Usage> result;
-    result = Utils::runAsync(find_helper, workingCopy, context, symbol);
+    result = Utils::runAsync(m_modelManager->sharedThreadPool(), find_helper,
+                             workingCopy, context, symbol);
     createWatcher(result, search);
 
     FutureProgress *progress = ProgressManager::addTask(result, tr("Searching for Usages"),
@@ -669,7 +670,8 @@ void CppFindReferences::findMacroUses(const Macro &macro, const QString &replace
     }
 
     QFuture<Usage> result;
-    result = Utils::runAsync(findMacroUses_helper, workingCopy, snapshot, macro);
+    result = Utils::runAsync(m_modelManager->sharedThreadPool(), findMacroUses_helper,
+                             workingCopy, snapshot, macro);
     createWatcher(result, search);
 
     FutureProgress *progress = ProgressManager::addTask(result, tr("Searching for Usages"),
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
index e8490f90953..4517bd8e9f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QMutexLocker>
 #include <QTextBlock>
+#include <QThreadPool>
 #include <QTimer>
 
 #if defined(QTCREATOR_WITH_DUMP_AST) && defined(Q_CC_GNU)
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ public:
     CppFindReferences *m_findReferences;
 
     SymbolFinder m_symbolFinder;
+    QThreadPool m_threadPool;
 
     bool m_enableGC;
     QTimer m_delayedGcTimer;
@@ -1196,4 +1198,9 @@ SymbolFinder *CppModelManager::symbolFinder()
     return &d->m_symbolFinder;
 }
 
+QThreadPool *CppModelManager::sharedThreadPool()
+{
+    return &d->m_threadPool;
+}
+
 } // namespace CppTools
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.h
index 8d0013a83d7..27486045f68 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.h
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ public:
 
     SymbolFinder *symbolFinder();
 
+    QThreadPool *sharedThreadPool();
+
     static QSet<QString> timeStampModifiedFiles(const QList<Document::Ptr> &documentsToCheck);
 
     static Internal::CppSourceProcessor *createSourceProcessor();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfoupdater.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfoupdater.cpp
index a95c90521ce..6df0c69b157 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfoupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfoupdater.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "cppsemanticinfoupdater.h"
 
 #include "cpplocalsymbols.h"
+#include "cppmodelmanager.h"
 
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 #include <utils/runextensions.h>
@@ -200,7 +201,8 @@ void SemanticInfoUpdater::updateDetached(const SemanticInfo::Source source)
         return;
     }
 
-    d->m_future = Utils::runAsync(&SemanticInfoUpdaterPrivate::update_helper, d.data(), source);
+    d->m_future = Utils::runAsync(CppModelManager::instance()->sharedThreadPool(),
+                                  &SemanticInfoUpdaterPrivate::update_helper, d.data(), source);
 }
 
 SemanticInfo SemanticInfoUpdater::semanticInfo() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsfindfilter.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
index 6d88b9deaf7..5e98af1c549 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ void SymbolsFindFilter::startSearch(SearchResult *search)
     SymbolSearcher *symbolSearcher = m_manager->indexingSupport()->createSymbolSearcher(parameters, projectFileNames);
     connect(watcher, SIGNAL(finished()),
             symbolSearcher, SLOT(deleteLater()));
-    watcher->setFuture(Utils::runAsync(&SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher));
+    watcher->setFuture(Utils::runAsync(m_manager->sharedThreadPool(),
+                                       &SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher));
     FutureProgress *progress = ProgressManager::addTask(watcher->future(), tr("Searching for Symbol"),
                                                         Core::Constants::TASK_SEARCH);
     connect(progress, SIGNAL(clicked()), search, SLOT(popup()));