diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
index 9e3f2a42743..dbfc4825eb1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "builddirmanager.h"
 
 #include "cmakebuildconfiguration.h"
+#include "cmakebuildstep.h"
 #include "cmakekitinformation.h"
 #include "cmakeprojectnodes.h"
 #include "cmaketool.h"
@@ -311,14 +312,30 @@ void BuildDirManager::clearCache()
     forceReparse();
 }
 
+static CMakeBuildTarget utilityTarget(const QString &title, const BuildDirManager *bdm)
+{
+    CMakeBuildTarget target;
+
+    target.title = title;
+    target.targetType = UtilityType;
+    target.workingDirectory = bdm->buildConfiguration()->buildDirectory();
+    target.sourceDirectory = bdm->buildConfiguration()->target()->project()->projectDirectory();
+
+    return target;
+}
+
 QList<CMakeBuildTarget> BuildDirManager::buildTargets() const
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(!m_isHandlingError, return {});
 
     if (!m_reader)
         return QList<CMakeBuildTarget>();
-    if (m_buildTargets.isEmpty())
-        m_buildTargets = m_reader->buildTargets();
+    if (m_buildTargets.isEmpty()) {
+        m_buildTargets.append(utilityTarget(CMakeBuildStep::allTarget(), this));
+        m_buildTargets.append(utilityTarget(CMakeBuildStep::cleanTarget(), this));
+        m_buildTargets.append(utilityTarget(CMakeBuildStep::installTarget(), this));
+        m_buildTargets.append(m_reader->buildTargets());
+    }
     return m_buildTargets;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.h
index 10632f360e6..f0381970ab8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/builddirmanager.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ public:
     static CMakeConfig parseConfiguration(const Utils::FileName &cacheFile,
                                           QString *errorMessage);
 
+    CMakeBuildConfiguration *buildConfiguration() const { return m_buildConfiguration; }
+
 signals:
     void configurationStarted() const;
     void dataAvailable() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildstep.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildstep.cpp
index a8ca10bf867..119ade4d67c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildstep.cpp
@@ -461,29 +461,21 @@ QString CMakeBuildStepConfigWidget::displayName() const
     return tr("Build", "CMakeProjectManager::CMakeBuildStepConfigWidget display name.");
 }
 
-static void createSpecialItem(const QString &text, const QString &data, QListWidget *parent)
-{
-    auto item = new QListWidgetItem(text, parent);
-
-    item->setData(Qt::UserRole, data);
-    QFont f;
-    f.setItalic(true);
-    item->setFont(f);
-}
-
 void CMakeBuildStepConfigWidget::buildTargetsChanged()
 {
     const bool wasBlocked = m_buildTargetsList->blockSignals(true);
     m_buildTargetsList->clear();
 
-    createSpecialItem(tr(ADD_RUNCONFIGURATION_TEXT), ADD_RUNCONFIGURATION_TEXT, m_buildTargetsList);
-    createSpecialItem(tr("all"), "all", m_buildTargetsList);
-    createSpecialItem(tr("clean"), "clean", m_buildTargetsList);
-
     auto pro = static_cast<CMakeProject *>(m_buildStep->project());
     QStringList targetList = pro->buildTargetTitles();
     targetList.sort();
 
+    QFont italics;
+    italics.setItalic(true);
+
+    auto exeItem = new QListWidgetItem(tr(ADD_RUNCONFIGURATION_TEXT), m_buildTargetsList);
+    exeItem->setData(Qt::UserRole, ADD_RUNCONFIGURATION_TEXT);
+
     foreach (const QString &buildTarget, targetList) {
         auto item = new QListWidgetItem(buildTarget, m_buildTargetsList);
         item->setData(Qt::UserRole, buildTarget);
@@ -491,9 +483,14 @@ void CMakeBuildStepConfigWidget::buildTargetsChanged()
 
     for (int i = 0; i < m_buildTargetsList->count(); ++i) {
         QListWidgetItem *item = m_buildTargetsList->item(i);
+        const QString title = item->data(Qt::UserRole).toString();
+
         item->setFlags(item->flags() | Qt::ItemIsUserCheckable);
-        item->setCheckState(m_buildStep->buildsBuildTarget(item->data(Qt::UserRole).toString())
-                            ? Qt::Checked : Qt::Unchecked);
+        item->setCheckState(m_buildStep->buildsBuildTarget(title) ? Qt::Checked : Qt::Unchecked);
+
+        // Print utility targets in italics:
+        if (CMakeBuildStep::specialTargets().contains(title) || title == ADD_RUNCONFIGURATION_TEXT)
+            item->setFont(italics);
     }
     m_buildTargetsList->blockSignals(wasBlocked);
     updateSummary();