diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/buildsystem/qmlbuildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/buildsystem/qmlbuildsystem.cpp
index 5a64c8b7de0..0a2fff5922f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/buildsystem/qmlbuildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/buildsystem/qmlbuildsystem.cpp
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ Utils::FilePath QmlBuildSystem::targetFile(const Utils::FilePath &sourceFile) co
     const Utils::FilePath relative = sourceFile.relativePathFrom(sourceDir);
     return targetDirectory().resolvePath(relative);
 }
+
 void QmlBuildSystem::setSupportedLanguages(QStringList languages)
 {
         m_projectItem->setSupportedLanguages(languages);
@@ -725,9 +726,20 @@ QStringList QmlBuildSystem::absoluteImportPaths() const
 {
     return Utils::transform<QStringList>(m_projectItem->importPaths(), [&](const QString &importPath) {
         Utils::FilePath filePath = Utils::FilePath::fromString(importPath);
-        if (!filePath.isAbsolutePath())
-            return (projectDirectory() / importPath).toString();
-        return projectDirectory().resolvePath(importPath).toString();
+        if (filePath.isAbsolutePath())
+            return projectDirectory().resolvePath(importPath).path();
+        return (projectDirectory() / importPath).path();
+    });
+}
+
+QStringList QmlBuildSystem::targetImportPaths() const
+{
+    return Utils::transform<QStringList>(allImports(), [&](const QString &importPath) {
+        const Utils::FilePath filePath = Utils::FilePath::fromString(importPath);
+        if (filePath.isAbsolutePath()) {
+            return importPath;
+        }
+        return (targetDirectory() / importPath).path();
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/buildsystem/qmlbuildsystem.h b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/buildsystem/qmlbuildsystem.h
index 22ea4e443e6..744608b4c18 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/buildsystem/qmlbuildsystem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/buildsystem/qmlbuildsystem.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public:
 
     QStringList importPaths() const;
     QStringList absoluteImportPaths() const;
+    QStringList targetImportPaths() const;
     QStringList fileSelectors() const;
 
     bool multilanguageSupport() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
index 503738eba52..29fb4aac3fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ QmlProjectRunConfiguration::QmlProjectRunConfiguration(Target *target, Id id)
 
         // arguments from .qmlproject file
         const QmlBuildSystem *bs = qobject_cast<QmlBuildSystem *>(target->buildSystem());
-        for (const QString &importPath : bs->absoluteImportPaths()) {
+        for (const QString &importPath : bs->targetImportPaths()) {
             cmd.addArg("-I");
             cmd.addArg(importPath);
         }