diff --git a/src/libs/utils/outputformatter.h b/src/libs/utils/outputformatter.h
index 93c05f5288e..33883a09d2d 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/outputformatter.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/outputformatter.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     void initFormats();
-    void clearLastLine();
+    virtual void clearLastLine();
     QTextCharFormat charFormat(OutputFormat format) const;
 
     static QColor mixColors(const QColor &a, const QColor &b);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.cpp
index c4b14de5af6..7b0f3220175 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.cpp
@@ -145,18 +145,19 @@ void QtOutputFormatter::appendMessage(const QString &txt, Utils::OutputFormat fo
         if (!m_lastLine.isEmpty()) {
             // Line continuation
             const QString newPart = txt.mid(start);
-            m_lastLine.append(newPart);
-            LinkResult lr = matchLine(m_lastLine);
+            const QString line = m_lastLine + newPart;
+            LinkResult lr = matchLine(line);
             if (!lr.href.isEmpty()) {
                 // Found something && line continuation
                 cursor.insertText(deferedText, charFormat(format));
                 deferedText.clear();
                 clearLastLine();
-                appendLine(cursor, lr, m_lastLine, format);
+                appendLine(cursor, lr, line, format);
             } else {
                 // Found nothing, just emit the new part
                 deferedText += newPart;
             }
+            m_lastLine = line;
         } else {
             m_lastLine = txt.mid(start);
             LinkResult lr = matchLine(m_lastLine);
@@ -246,6 +247,12 @@ void QtOutputFormatter::handleLink(const QString &href)
     }
 }
 
+void QtOutputFormatter::clearLastLine()
+{
+    OutputFormatter::clearLastLine();
+    m_lastLine.clear();
+}
+
 void QtOutputFormatter::updateProjectFileList()
 {
     if (m_project)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.h b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.h
index 7e3aebd72ca..0fd31bfc132 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.h
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ public:
         Utils::OutputFormat format);
     virtual void handleLink(const QString &href);
 
+protected:
+    void clearLastLine();
+
 private slots:
     void updateProjectFileList();