diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/boilerplate.qrc b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/boilerplate.qrc
index a48666d883e..b4eb027e830 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/boilerplate.qrc
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/boilerplate.qrc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         <file alias="environment_h">templates/environment_h.tpl</file>
         <file alias="import_qml_components_h">templates/import_qml_components_h.tpl</file>
         <file alias="qtquickcontrols_conf">templates/qtquickcontrols2_conf.tpl</file>
+        <file alias="cmake_shared">templates/cmakelists_txt_shared.tpl</file>
     </qresource>
 
     <qresource prefix="/boilerplatetemplates">
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/cmakewriterv1.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/cmakewriterv1.cpp
index d78abd227d7..096ceb5d19e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/cmakewriterv1.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/cmakewriterv1.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ void CMakeWriterV1::writeRootCMakeFile(const NodePtr &node) const
     const QString fileContent = fileTemplate.arg(appName, fileSection);
     writeFile(file, fileContent);
 
+    const Utils::FilePath sharedFile = node->dir.pathAppended("CMakeLists.txt.shared");
+    const QString sharedTemplate = readTemplate(":/templates/cmake_shared");
+    writeFile(sharedFile, sharedTemplate);
+
     const Utils::FilePath userFile = node->dir.pathAppended("qds.cmake");
     QString userFileContent(DO_NOT_EDIT_FILE);
     userFileContent.append(makeSubdirectoriesBlock(node));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/templates/cmakelists_txt_shared.tpl b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/templates/cmakelists_txt_shared.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3db7152bffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/cmakegen/templates/cmakelists_txt_shared.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE QtCreatorProject>
+<qtcreator>
+  <data>
+  <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.PluginSettings</variable>
+  <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
+   <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.Project.Environment">
+    <value type="QString">QTC_DEFAULT_BUILD_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATE=../%{Asciify:%{Project:Name}-%{BuildConfig:Name}}</value>
+   </valuelist>
+  </valuemap>
+</data>
+<data>
+  <variable>Version</variable>
+  <value type="int">22</value>
+</data>
+</qtcreator>