diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
index 3ec2f6b6c19..54b1b80fb4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ public:
         cmd.addCommandLineAsArgs(runControl()->commandLine(), CommandLine::Raw);
 
         m_process->setCommand(cmd);
+        m_process->setWorkingDirectory(runControl()->workingDirectory());
         m_process->start();
     }