diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfigurationfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfigurationfactory.cpp
index b59ab965930..b25ceaa896c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfigurationfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfigurationfactory.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ RemoteLinuxCustomRunConfigurationFactory::RemoteLinuxCustomRunConfigurationFacto
     setObjectName("RemoteLinuxCustomRunConfiguration");
     registerRunConfiguration<RemoteLinuxCustomRunConfiguration>
             (RemoteLinuxCustomRunConfiguration::runConfigId());
+    setSupportedTargetDeviceTypes({RemoteLinux::Constants::GenericLinuxOsType});
 }
 
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