diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
index 5f96b94d847..d8436a55674 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ static bool queryQMakeVariables(const QString &binary, QHash<QString, QString> *
              "QT_INSTALL_BINS",
              "QT_INSTALL_DOCS",
              "QT_INSTALL_PREFIX",
+             "QT_INSTALL_IMPORTS",
              "QMAKEFEATURES"
         };
     QStringList args;