diff --git a/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
index f12f203526c..54d2c06d053 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
@@ -635,20 +635,19 @@ void PerforcePlugin::startSubmitProject()
     m_commitMessageFileName = saver.fileName();
 
     args.clear();
-    args << QLatin1String("fstat");
+    args << QLatin1String("files");
     args.append(perforceRelativeProjectDirectory(state));
-    PerforceResponse fstatResult = runP4Cmd(state.currentProjectTopLevel(), args,
+    PerforceResponse filesResult = runP4Cmd(state.currentProjectTopLevel(), args,
                                             RunFullySynchronous|CommandToWindow|StdErrToWindow|ErrorToWindow);
-    if (fstatResult.error) {
+    if (filesResult.error) {
         cleanCommitMessageFile();
         return;
     }
 
-    QStringList fstatLines = fstatResult.stdOut.split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
+    QStringList filesLines = filesResult.stdOut.split(QLatin1Char('\n'));
     QStringList depotFileNames;
-    foreach (const QString &line, fstatLines) {
-        if (line.startsWith(QLatin1String("... depotFile")))
-            depotFileNames.append(line.mid(14));
+    foreach (const QString &line, filesLines) {
+        depotFileNames.append(line.left(line.lastIndexOf(QRegExp(QLatin1String("#[0-9]+\\s-\\s")))));
     }
     if (depotFileNames.isEmpty()) {
         VcsOutputWindow::appendWarning(tr("Project has no files"));