diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.cpp
index 4d54a7b33b8..8cf45b34da2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ namespace {
     const QLatin1String PasswordKey("Password");
     const QLatin1String TimeoutKey("Timeout");
     const QLatin1String InternalIdKey("InternalId");
+    const QLatin1String DefaultKeyFilePathKey("DefaultKeyFile");
 
     const QString DefaultKeyFile =
         QDesktopServices::storageLocation(QDesktopServices::HomeLocation)
@@ -185,7 +186,8 @@ MaemoDeviceConfig::MaemoDeviceConfig(const QString &name, MaemoDeviceConfig::Dev
     server.port = defaultSshPort(type);
     server.uname = DefaultUserName;
     server.authType = DefaultAuthType;
-    server.privateKeyFile = DefaultKeyFile;
+    server.privateKeyFile
+        = MaemoDeviceConfigurations::instance().defaultSshKeyFilePath();
     server.timeout = DefaultTimeout;
 }
 
@@ -283,6 +285,7 @@ void MaemoDeviceConfigurations::save()
     QSettings *settings = Core::ICore::instance()->settings();
     settings->beginGroup(SettingsGroup);
     settings->setValue(IdCounterKey, m_nextId);
+    settings->setValue(DefaultKeyFilePathKey, m_defaultSshKeyFilePath);
     settings->beginWriteArray(ConfigListKey, m_devConfigs.count());
     for (int i = 0; i < m_devConfigs.count(); ++i) {
         settings->setArrayIndex(i);
@@ -303,6 +306,8 @@ void MaemoDeviceConfigurations::load()
     QSettings *settings = Core::ICore::instance()->settings();
     settings->beginGroup(SettingsGroup);
     m_nextId = settings->value(IdCounterKey, 1).toULongLong();
+    m_defaultSshKeyFilePath
+        = settings->value(DefaultKeyFilePathKey, DefaultKeyFile).toString();
     int count = settings->beginReadArray(ConfigListKey);
     for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
         settings->setArrayIndex(i);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.h
index ede7ae12400..84160b134f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurations.h
@@ -137,11 +137,16 @@ class MaemoDeviceConfigurations : public QObject
 public:
 
     static MaemoDeviceConfigurations &instance(QObject *parent = 0);
+
     QList<MaemoDeviceConfig> devConfigs() const { return m_devConfigs; }
     void setDevConfigs(const QList<MaemoDeviceConfig> &devConfigs);
+
     MaemoDeviceConfig find(const QString &name) const;
     MaemoDeviceConfig find(quint64 id) const;
 
+    void setDefaultSshKeyFilePath(const QString &path) { m_defaultSshKeyFilePath = path; }
+    QString defaultSshKeyFilePath() const { return m_defaultSshKeyFilePath; }
+
 signals:
     void updated();
 
@@ -153,6 +158,7 @@ private:
     static MaemoDeviceConfigurations *m_instance;
     QList<MaemoDeviceConfig> m_devConfigs;
     quint64 m_nextId;
+    QString m_defaultSshKeyFilePath;
     friend class MaemoDeviceConfig;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.cpp
index 5bcbc34f77b..23142e3434e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ void MaemoDeviceConfigurationsSettingsWidget::initGui()
     QRegExpValidator * const portsValidator
         = new QRegExpValidator(QRegExp(MaemoDeviceConfig::portsRegExpr()), this);
     m_ui->portsLineEdit->setValidator(portsValidator);
+    connect(m_ui->makeKeyFileDefaultButton, SIGNAL(clicked()),
+        SLOT(setDefaultKeyFilePath()));
     foreach (const MaemoDeviceConfig &devConf, m_devConfs)
         m_ui->configurationComboBox->addItem(devConf.name);
     connect(m_ui->configurationComboBox, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)),
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ void MaemoDeviceConfigurationsSettingsWidget::authenticationTypeChanged()
     m_ui->passwordLabel->setEnabled(usePassword);
     m_ui->keyFileLineEdit->setEnabled(!usePassword);
     m_ui->keyLabel->setEnabled(!usePassword);
+    m_ui->makeKeyFileDefaultButton->setEnabled(!usePassword);
 }
 
 void MaemoDeviceConfigurationsSettingsWidget::hostNameEditingFinished()
@@ -364,6 +367,12 @@ void MaemoDeviceConfigurationsSettingsWidget::showRemoteProcesses()
     dlg.exec();
 }
 
+void MaemoDeviceConfigurationsSettingsWidget::setDefaultKeyFilePath()
+{
+    MaemoDeviceConfigurations::instance()
+        .setDefaultSshKeyFilePath(m_ui->keyFileLineEdit->path());
+}
+
 void MaemoDeviceConfigurationsSettingsWidget::setPrivateKey(const QString &path)
 {
     m_ui->keyFileLineEdit->setPath(path);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.h
index 68821399d09..83bf92bac9a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ private slots:
     void showPassword(bool showClearText);
     void handleFreePortsChanged();
     void showRemoteProcesses();
+    void setDefaultKeyFilePath();
 
     // For configuration testing.
     void testConfig();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.ui b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.ui
index 065b167a561..0dca4791783 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodeviceconfigurationssettingswidget.ui
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@
            </sizepolicy>
           </property>
           <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_2">
-           <property name="fieldGrowthPolicy">
-            <enum>QFormLayout::AllNonFixedFieldsGrow</enum>
-           </property>
            <item row="0" column="0">
             <widget class="QLabel" name="deviceNameLabel">
              <property name="text">
@@ -333,7 +330,18 @@
             </widget>
            </item>
            <item row="9" column="1">
-            <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="keyFileLineEdit" native="true"/>
+            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_8">
+             <item>
+              <widget class="Utils::PathChooser" name="keyFileLineEdit" native="true"/>
+             </item>
+             <item>
+              <widget class="QPushButton" name="makeKeyFileDefaultButton">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Set as Default</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+            </layout>
            </item>
           </layout>
          </widget>