diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
index 186a74b13b5..6ccbe4ecc53 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ QList<CMakeBuildTarget> generateBuildTargets(const PreprocessedData &input,
                 }
             }
             for (const InstallDestination &id : t.installDestination) {
-                ct.includeDefinitions.append(
+                ct.installDefinitions.append(
                     extractBacktraceInformation(t.backtraceGraph, sourceDir, id.backtrace, 500));
             }