diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/qt4runconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/qt4runconfiguration.cpp
index 5df843514f3..9d329ebbf04 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/qt4runconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/qt4runconfiguration.cpp
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *Qt4RunConfigurationFactory::doCreate(ProjectE
         if (node->path() != rc->proFilePath())
             continue;
         rc->setRunMode(node->variableValue(ConfigVar).contains(QLatin1String("console"))
+                       && !node->variableValue(QtVar).contains(QLatin1String("testlib"))
                        ? ProjectExplorer::LocalApplicationRunConfiguration::Console
                        : ProjectExplorer::LocalApplicationRunConfiguration::Gui);
         break;