diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.cpp
index 4c1dff9367b..62b7d61c49d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ bool QmlProjectPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &, QString *errorMessage)
     ICore *core = ICore::instance();
     Core::MimeDatabase *mimeDB = core->mimeDatabase();
 
-    const QLatin1String mimetypesXml(":qmlproject/QmlProject.mimetypes.xml");
+    const QLatin1String mimetypesXml(":/qmlproject/QmlProject.mimetypes.xml");
 
     if (! mimeDB->addMimeTypes(mimetypesXml, errorMessage))
         return false;