diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
index 5dfce4ab883..90d29576093 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
@@ -357,13 +357,22 @@ QList<CMakeBuildTarget> BuildDirManager::takeBuildTargets(QString &errorMessage)
     QTC_ASSERT(!m_isHandlingError, return result);
 
     if (m_reader) {
-        result.append(Utils::filtered(m_reader->takeBuildTargets(errorMessage),
-                                      [](const CMakeBuildTarget &bt) {
-            return bt.title != CMakeBuildStep::allTarget()
-                    && bt.title != CMakeBuildStep::cleanTarget()
-                    && bt.title != CMakeBuildStep::installTarget()
-                    && bt.title != CMakeBuildStep::testTarget();
-        }));
+        QList<CMakeBuildTarget> readerTargets
+            = Utils::filtered(m_reader->takeBuildTargets(errorMessage),
+                              [](const CMakeBuildTarget &bt) {
+                                  return bt.title != CMakeBuildStep::allTarget()
+                                         && bt.title != CMakeBuildStep::cleanTarget()
+                                         && bt.title != CMakeBuildStep::installTarget()
+                                         && bt.title != CMakeBuildStep::testTarget();
+                              });
+
+        // Guess at the target definition position when no details are known
+        for (CMakeBuildTarget &t : readerTargets) {
+            if (t.definitionFile.isEmpty()) {
+                t.definitionFile = t.sourceDirectory.pathAppended("CMakeLists.txt");
+            }
+        }
+        result.append(readerTargets);
     }
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
index d64bd2b9edd..ad941221289 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ public:
     Utils::FilePath sourceDirectory;
     Utils::FilePath makeCommand;
 
+    Utils::FilePath definitionFile;
+    int definitionLine = -1;
+
     // code model
     QList<Utils::FilePath> includeFiles;
     QStringList compilerOptions;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
index 0af8699c74c..d2c354cfaeb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ QList<CMakeBuildTarget> generateBuildTargets(const PreprocessedData &input,
         }
         ct.sourceDirectory = FilePath::fromString(
             QDir::cleanPath(sourceDir.absoluteFilePath(t.sourceDir.toString())));
+
+        if (t.backtrace >= 0) {
+            const BacktraceNode &node = t.backtraceGraph.nodes[static_cast<size_t>(t.backtrace)];
+            const int fileIndex = node.file;
+            if (fileIndex >= 0) {
+                ct.definitionFile = FilePath::fromString(QDir::cleanPath(sourceDir.absoluteFilePath(
+                    t.backtraceGraph.files[static_cast<size_t>(fileIndex)])));
+                ct.definitionLine = node.line;
+            }
+        }
+
         return ct;
     });
     return result;