diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
index 51a16e0f6f6..f45083fe8a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsproject.cpp
@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ static RawProjectParts generateProjectParts(
             list.removeDuplicates();
             for (const QString &p : qAsConst(list))
                 grpHeaderPaths += {FilePath::fromUserInput(p).toString(),  HeaderPathType::User};
-            list = arrayToStringList(props.value("cpp.systemIncludePaths"));
+            list = arrayToStringList(props.value("cpp.distributionIncludePaths"))
+                    + arrayToStringList(props.value("cpp.systemIncludePaths"));
             list.removeDuplicates();
             for (const QString &p : qAsConst(list))
                 grpHeaderPaths += {FilePath::fromUserInput(p).toString(),  HeaderPathType::System};
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbssession.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbssession.cpp
index af2dd633642..f03b4176efb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbssession.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbssession.cpp
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ void QbsSession::insertRequestedModuleProperties(QJsonObject &request)
         "cpp.cxxLanguageVersion",
         "cpp.cxxStandardLibrary",
         "cpp.defines",
+        "cpp.distributionIncludePaths",
         "cpp.driverFlags",
         "cpp.enableExceptions",
         "cpp.enableRtti",