diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
index c6736d4a9a9..7dd6dc2f973 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -1985,6 +1985,8 @@ CMakeBuildConfigurationFactory::BuildType CMakeBuildConfigurationFactory::buildT
         return BuildTypeRelWithDebInfo;
     if (bt == "minsizerel")
         return BuildTypeMinSizeRel;
+    if (bt == "profile")
+        return BuildTypeProfile;
     return BuildTypeNone;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectimporter.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectimporter.cpp
index bbea21567ee..60c11157239 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectimporter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectimporter.cpp
@@ -467,9 +467,6 @@ QList<void *> CMakeProjectImporter::examineDirectory(const FilePath &importPath,
         const CMakeConfig cache = configurePreset.cacheVariables
                                       ? configurePreset.cacheVariables.value()
                                       : CMakeConfig();
-        data->cmakeBuildType = cache.valueOf("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE");
-        if (data->cmakeBuildType.isEmpty())
-            data->cmakeBuildType = "Debug";
 
         data->sysroot = cache.filePathValueOf("CMAKE_SYSROOT");
 
@@ -497,7 +494,29 @@ QList<void *> CMakeProjectImporter::examineDirectory(const FilePath &importPath,
         // ToolChains:
         data->toolChains = extractToolChainsFromCache(config);
 
-        result.push_back(static_cast<void *>(data.release()));
+        QByteArrayList buildConfigurationTypes = {cache.valueOf("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE")};
+        if (buildConfigurationTypes.front().isEmpty()) {
+            buildConfigurationTypes.clear();
+            QByteArray buildConfigurationTypesString = cache.valueOf("CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES");
+            if (!buildConfigurationTypesString.isEmpty()) {
+                buildConfigurationTypes = buildConfigurationTypesString.split(';');
+            } else {
+                for (int type = CMakeBuildConfigurationFactory::BuildTypeDebug;
+                     type != CMakeBuildConfigurationFactory::BuildTypeLast;
+                     ++type) {
+                    BuildInfo info = CMakeBuildConfigurationFactory::createBuildInfo(
+                        CMakeBuildConfigurationFactory::BuildType(type));
+                    buildConfigurationTypes << info.typeName.toUtf8();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for (const auto &buildType : buildConfigurationTypes) {
+            DirectoryData *newData = new DirectoryData(*data);
+            newData->cmakeBuildType = buildType;
+
+            result.emplace_back(newData);
+        }
+
         return result;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/manual/cmakepresets/CMakePresets.json b/tests/manual/cmakepresets/CMakePresets.json
index 976f44832ac..e4fd4feeae9 100644
--- a/tests/manual/cmakepresets/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/tests/manual/cmakepresets/CMakePresets.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
       "displayName": "MinGW 11.2.0",
       "generator": "Ninja",
       "cacheVariables": {
-        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Release",
         "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH": "c:/Qt/6.3.2/mingw_64"
       },
       "condition": {
@@ -31,7 +30,11 @@
       "binaryDir": "${sourceDir}/build-${presetName}-release",
       "displayName": "MinGW 11.2.0 Makefiles",
       "generator": "MinGW Makefiles",
-      "inherits" : "mingw"
+      "inherits" : "mingw",
+      "cacheVariables": {
+        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Release",
+        "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH": "c:/Qt/6.3.2/mingw_64"
+      }
     },
     {
       "name": "visualc",