diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
index 69dd2f37546..59de411d936 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -882,7 +882,10 @@ bool CppEditorWidget::followQrcUrl(const QTextCursor &cursor,
     if (!nodeForPath)
         return false;
 
-    processLinkCallback(Link(nodeForPath->filePath()));
+    Link link(nodeForPath->filePath());
+    link.linkTextStart = d->m_lastSemanticInfo.doc->translationUnit()->getTokenPositionInDocument(literalAst->literal_token, document());
+    link.linkTextEnd = d->m_lastSemanticInfo.doc->translationUnit()->getTokenEndPositionInDocument(literalAst->literal_token, document());
+    processLinkCallback(link);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
index d24e873dfee..0465648ba0e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
 
 #include <qmljstools/qmljsindenter.h>
 #include <qmljstools/qmljstoolsconstants.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/project.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/projectnodes.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/projecttree.h>
 
 #include <coreplugin/actionmanager/actioncontainer.h>
 #include <coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.h>
@@ -767,6 +770,25 @@ void QmlJSEditorWidget::findLinkAt(const QTextCursor &cursor,
     // string literals that could refer to a file link to them
     if (auto literal = cast<const StringLiteral *>(node)) {
         const QString &text = literal->value.toString();
+        if (text.startsWith("qrc:/")) {
+            const ProjectExplorer::Project * const project = ProjectExplorer::ProjectTree::currentProject();
+            if (project && project->rootProjectNode()) {
+                const ProjectExplorer::Node * const nodeForPath = project->rootProjectNode()->findNode(
+                            [qrcPath = text.mid(text.indexOf(':') + 1)](ProjectExplorer::Node *n) {
+                    if (!n->asFileNode())
+                        return false;
+                    const auto qrcNode = dynamic_cast<ProjectExplorer::ResourceFileNode *>(n);
+                    return qrcNode && qrcNode->qrcPath() == qrcPath;
+                });
+                if (nodeForPath) {
+                    Link link(nodeForPath->filePath());
+                    link.linkTextStart = literal->firstSourceLocation().begin();
+                    link.linkTextEnd = literal->lastSourceLocation().end();
+                    processLinkCallback(link);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
         Utils::Link link;
         link.linkTextStart = literal->literalToken.begin();
         link.linkTextEnd = literal->literalToken.end();