diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index bf615955e0c..5942e0de60b 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ bool QMakeEvaluator::loadSpec()
     const ProString &orig_spec = first(ProString("QMAKESPEC_ORIGINAL"));
     m_qmakespecFull = orig_spec.isEmpty() ? m_qmakespec : orig_spec.toQString();
 #endif
+    valuesRef(ProString("QMAKESPEC")) << ProString(m_qmakespecFull, NoHash);
     m_qmakespecName = IoUtils::fileName(m_qmakespecFull).toString();
     if (!evaluateFeatureFile(QLatin1String("spec_post.prf")))
         return false;