diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
index d4acb5629d8..e8220b04a7f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ bool MakeStep::init()
     if (!bc)
         emit addTask(Task::buildConfigurationMissingTask());
 
-    const CommandLine make = effectiveMakeCommand();
+    const CommandLine make = effectiveMakeCommand(Execution);
     if (make.executable().isEmpty())
         emit addTask(makeCommandMissingTask());
 
@@ -323,15 +323,27 @@ void MakeStep::setUserArguments(const QString &args)
     m_userArguments = args;
 }
 
+QStringList MakeStep::displayArguments() const
+{
+    return {};
+}
+
 FilePath MakeStep::makeCommand() const
 {
     return m_makeCommand;
 }
 
-CommandLine MakeStep::effectiveMakeCommand() const
+FilePath MakeStep::makeExecutable() const
 {
-    CommandLine cmd(m_makeCommand.isEmpty() ? defaultMakeCommand() : m_makeCommand);
+    return m_makeCommand.isEmpty() ? defaultMakeCommand() : m_makeCommand;
+}
 
+CommandLine MakeStep::effectiveMakeCommand(MakeCommandType type) const
+{
+    CommandLine cmd(makeExecutable());
+
+    if (type == Display)
+        cmd.addArgs(displayArguments());
     cmd.addArgs(m_userArguments, CommandLine::Raw);
     cmd.addArgs(jobArguments());
     cmd.addArgs(m_buildTargets);
@@ -431,6 +443,8 @@ MakeStepConfigWidget::MakeStepConfigWidget(MakeStep *makeStep)
             this, &MakeStepConfigWidget::updateDetails);
     connect(m_makeStep->buildConfiguration(), &BuildConfiguration::buildDirectoryChanged,
             this, &MakeStepConfigWidget::updateDetails);
+    connect(m_makeStep->project(), &Project::parsingFinished,
+            this, &MakeStepConfigWidget::updateDetails);
 
     Core::VariableChooser::addSupportForChildWidgets(this, m_makeStep->macroExpander());
 }
@@ -464,7 +478,7 @@ void MakeStepConfigWidget::updateDetails()
     else
         m_ui->makeLabel->setText(tr("Override %1:").arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(defaultMake)));
 
-    const CommandLine make = m_makeStep->effectiveMakeCommand();
+    const CommandLine make = m_makeStep->effectiveMakeCommand(MakeStep::Display);
     if (make.executable().isEmpty()) {
         setSummaryText(tr("<b>Make:</b> %1").arg(MakeStep::msgNoMakeCommand()));
         return;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
index 11cfb51bc3e..ad768017ece 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT MakeStep : public ProjectExplorer::AbstractProcessS
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
+    enum MakeCommandType {
+        Display,
+        Execution
+    };
     explicit MakeStep(ProjectExplorer::BuildStepList *parent, Core::Id id);
 
     void setBuildTarget(const QString &buildTarget);
@@ -59,7 +63,8 @@ public:
     void setUserArguments(const QString &args);
     Utils::FilePath makeCommand() const;
     void setMakeCommand(const Utils::FilePath &command);
-    Utils::CommandLine effectiveMakeCommand() const;
+    Utils::FilePath makeExecutable() const;
+    Utils::CommandLine effectiveMakeCommand(MakeCommandType type) const;
 
     void setClean(bool clean);
     bool isClean() const;
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ public:
 protected:
     bool fromMap(const QVariantMap &map) override;
     void supportDisablingForSubdirs() { m_disablingForSubDirsSupported = true; }
+    virtual QStringList displayArguments() const;
 
 private:
     QVariantMap toMap() const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
index 1d7cd11d9cc..0a5a157a93d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/project.cpp
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ MakeInstallCommand Project::makeInstallCommand(const Target *target, const QStri
     if (const BuildConfiguration * const bc = target->activeBuildConfiguration()) {
         if (const auto makeStep = bc->stepList(ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_BUILD)
                 ->firstOfType<MakeStep>()) {
-            cmd.command = makeStep->effectiveMakeCommand().executable();
+            cmd.command = makeStep->makeExecutable();
         }
     }
     cmd.arguments << "install" << ("INSTALL_ROOT=" + QDir::toNativeSeparators(installRoot));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
index 140ec975023..77aec206cfd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ bool QmakeMakeStep::init()
     if (!bc)
         emit addTask(Task::buildConfigurationMissingTask());
 
-    const Utils::CommandLine unmodifiedMake = effectiveMakeCommand();
+    const Utils::CommandLine unmodifiedMake = effectiveMakeCommand(Execution);
     const Utils::FilePath makeExecutable = unmodifiedMake.executable();
     if (makeExecutable.isEmpty())
         emit addTask(makeCommandMissingTask());
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ void QmakeMakeStep::finish(bool success)
     MakeStep::finish(success);
 }
 
+QStringList QmakeMakeStep::displayArguments() const
+{
+    const auto bc = static_cast<QmakeBuildConfiguration *>(buildConfiguration());
+    if (bc && !bc->makefile().isEmpty())
+        return {"-f", bc->makefile()};
+    return {};
+}
+
 ///
 // QmakeMakeStepFactory
 ///
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.h
index a1bd2b16493..21cd2f0d91c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ private:
     void finish(bool success) override;
     bool init() override;
     void doRun() override;
+    QStringList displayArguments() const override;
 
     bool m_scriptTarget = false;
     QString m_makeFileToCheck;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakestep.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
index 44b96519fdd..d55dfa15d3e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
@@ -443,8 +443,9 @@ void QMakeStep::setSeparateDebugInfo(bool enable)
 
 FilePath QMakeStep::makeCommand() const
 {
-    auto ms = stepList()->firstOfType<MakeStep>();
-    return ms ? ms->effectiveMakeCommand().executable() : FilePath();
+    if (auto ms = stepList()->firstOfType<MakeStep>())
+        return ms->makeExecutable();
+    return FilePath();
 }
 
 QString QMakeStep::makeArguments(const QString &makefile) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/makeinstallstep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/makeinstallstep.cpp
index ccc19418fe3..7ddb4c9083f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/makeinstallstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/makeinstallstep.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void MakeInstallStep::updateFullCommandLine()
     // FIXME: Only executable?
     static_cast<BaseStringAspect *>(aspect(FullCommandLineAspectId))->setValue(
                 QDir::toNativeSeparators(
-                    QtcProcess::quoteArg(effectiveMakeCommand().executable().toString()))
+                    QtcProcess::quoteArg(makeExecutable().toString()))
                 + ' '  + userArguments());
 }