diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/defaultpropertyprovider.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/defaultpropertyprovider.cpp
index 6dc1aa6814d..66201cb98bc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/defaultpropertyprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/defaultpropertyprovider.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ QVariantMap DefaultPropertyProvider::autoGeneratedProperties(const ProjectExplor
     auto archs = architectures(mainTc);
     if (!archs.isEmpty())
         data.insert(QLatin1String(QBS_ARCHITECTURES), archs);
+    if (mainTc->targetAbi() !=
+            ProjectExplorer::Abi::abiFromTargetTriplet(mainTc->originalTargetTriple())) {
+        data.insert(QLatin1String(QBS_ARCHITECTURE), architecture(mainTc->targetAbi()));
+    }
     data.insert(QLatin1String(QBS_TARGETOS), targetOSList(targetAbi, k));
 
     QStringList toolchain = toolchainList(mainTc);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerconstants.h b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerconstants.h
index e53beb84fe5..cc6bcd8ed3e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerconstants.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ const char QBS_PRODUCT_OVERLAY_ICON[] = ":/qbsprojectmanager/images/productgear.
 const char QBS_TARGETOS[] = "qbs.targetOS";
 const char QBS_SYSROOT[] = "qbs.sysroot";
 const char QBS_ARCHITECTURES[] = "qbs.architectures";
+const char QBS_ARCHITECTURE[] = "qbs.architecture";
 const char QBS_TOOLCHAIN[] = "qbs.toolchain";
 const char CPP_TOOLCHAINPATH[] = "cpp.toolchainInstallPath";
 const char CPP_TOOLCHAINPREFIX[] = "cpp.toolchainPrefix";