diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/terminal.qbs b/src/plugins/terminal/terminal.qbs
index 4619d7cf496..961f4081160 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/terminal.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/terminal.qbs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ QtcPlugin {
     name: "Terminal"
 
     Depends { name: "Core" }
+    Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
     Depends { name: "vterm" }
     Depends { name: "ptyqt" }