diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/abstractplaingdbadapter.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/abstractplaingdbadapter.cpp
index a123dcfef2b..0503bdc232e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/abstractplaingdbadapter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/abstractplaingdbadapter.cpp
@@ -94,9 +94,24 @@ void AbstractPlainGdbAdapter::handleFileExecAndSymbols(const GdbResponse &respon
 void AbstractPlainGdbAdapter::runEngine()
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(state() == EngineRunRequested, qDebug() << state());
+    m_engine->postCommand("print QString", CB(handleNamespaceExtraction));
     m_engine->postCommand("-exec-run", GdbEngine::RunRequest, CB(handleExecRun));
 }
 
+void AbstractPlainGdbAdapter::handleNamespaceExtraction(const GdbResponse &response)
+{
+    if (response.resultClass == GdbResultDone) {
+        // $1 = {void (myns::QString * const, const char *)} 0x8058e2c <QString>"}
+        const QByteArray ba = response.data.findChild("consolestreamoutput").data();
+        const int posQString = ba.indexOf("QString");
+        const int posNs = ba.lastIndexOf('(', posQString) + 1;
+        const QByteArray ns = ba.mid(posNs, posQString - posNs);
+        //qDebug() << "BA: " << response.toString() << ba << posQString << posNs << ns;
+        if (!ns.isEmpty())
+            m_engine->setQtNamespace(ns);
+    }
+}
+
 void AbstractPlainGdbAdapter::handleExecRun(const GdbResponse &response)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(state() == EngineRunRequested, qDebug() << state());
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/abstractplaingdbadapter.h b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/abstractplaingdbadapter.h
index 0d0ccdfdc31..f7746e7624a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/abstractplaingdbadapter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/abstractplaingdbadapter.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     void handleInfoTarget(const GdbResponse &response);
+    void handleNamespaceExtraction(const GdbResponse &response);
 
 private:
     virtual QByteArray execFilePath() const = 0;
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ private:
     virtual QString fromLocalEncoding(const QByteArray &b) const = 0;
     void handleExecRun(const GdbResponse &response);
     void handleFileExecAndSymbols(const GdbResponse &response);
-
 };
 
 } // namespace Debugger
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index 77e01c98184..9ed40e4e793 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -3719,30 +3719,32 @@ void GdbEngine::watchPoint(const QPoint &pnt)
 {
     QByteArray x = QByteArray::number(pnt.x());
     QByteArray y = QByteArray::number(pnt.y());
-    postCommand("print 'QApplication::widgetAt'(" + x + ',' + y + ')',
+    postCommand("print '" + qtNamespace() + "QApplication::widgetAt'("
+            + x + ',' + y + ')',
         NeedsStop, CB(handleWatchPoint));
 }
 
 void GdbEngine::handleWatchPoint(const GdbResponse &response)
 {
     if (response.resultClass == GdbResultDone) {
-        GdbMi contents = response.data.findChild("consolestreamoutput");
+        const GdbMi contents = response.data.findChild("consolestreamoutput");
         // "$5 = (void *) 0xbfa7ebfc\n"
-        QByteArray ba = parsePlainConsoleStream(response);
+        const QByteArray ba = parsePlainConsoleStream(response);
+        //qDebug() << "BA: " << ba;
         const int posWidget = ba.indexOf("QWidget");
-        if (posWidget == -1)
-            return;
         const int posNs = ba.lastIndexOf(' ', posWidget) + 1;
-        if (posNs == 0)
-            return;
         const int pos0x = ba.indexOf("0x", posWidget + 7);
-        if (pos0x == -1)
-            return;
-        const QByteArray addr = ba.mid(pos0x);
-        const QByteArray ns = ba.mid(posNs, posWidget - posNs);
-        const QByteArray type = ns.isEmpty() ? "QWidget*" : ("'" + ns + "QWidget'*");
-        const QString exp = _("(*(%1)%2)").arg(_(type)).arg(_(addr));
-        watchHandler()->watchExpression(exp);
+        if (posWidget == -1 || posNs == 0 || pos0x == -1) {
+            showStatusMessage(tr("Cannot read widget data: %1").arg(_(ba)));
+        } else {
+            const QByteArray addr = ba.mid(pos0x);
+            //const QByteArray ns = ba.mid(posNs, posWidget - posNs);
+            const QByteArray ns = qtNamespace();
+            const QByteArray type = ns.isEmpty() ? "QWidget*" : ("'" + ns + "QWidget'*");
+            const QString exp = _("(*(%1)%2)").arg(_(type)).arg(_(addr));
+            // qDebug() << posNs << posWidget << pos0x << addr << ns << type;
+            watchHandler()->watchExpression(exp);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
index d9ab60bf71e..728aad35bd7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ private: ////////// General Interface //////////
 
     virtual void executeDebuggerCommand(const QString &command);
     virtual QByteArray qtNamespace() const { return m_dumperHelper.qtNamespace(); }
+    virtual void setQtNamespace(const QByteArray &ns)
+        { return m_dumperHelper.setQtNamespace(ns); }
 
 private: ////////// General State //////////
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
index b38ff7e74dc..d11f0465e23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ bool QtDumperHelper::parseQuery(const GdbMi &contents)
         qDebug() << "parseQuery" << contents.toString(true, 2);
 
     // Common info, dumper version, etc
-    m_qtNamespace = contents.findChild("namespace").data();
+    QByteArray ns = contents.findChild("namespace").data();
+    setQtNamespace(ns);
     int qtv = 0;
     const GdbMi qtversion = contents.findChild("qtversion");
     if (qtversion.children().size() == 3) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.h b/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.h
index a696041c1ec..09bfe6caf5f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.h
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ public:
     int qtVersion() const;
     QByteArray qtVersionString() const;
     QByteArray qtNamespace() const;
+    void setQtNamespace(const QByteArray &ba)
+        { if (!ba.isEmpty()) m_qtNamespace = ba; }
 
     // Complete parse of "query" (protocol 1) response from debuggee buffer.
     // 'data' excludes the leading indicator character.