diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanager.qbs b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanager.qbs
index c732facdf4b..bfa79ea5192 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanager.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanager.qbs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ QtcPlugin {
     Depends { name: "CppTools" }
     Depends { name: "QtSupport" }
     Depends { name: "QmlJSTools" }
+    Depends { name: "app_version_header" }
 
     cpp.defines: base.concat([
         'QML_BUILD_STATIC_LIB',