diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/studio_templates/projects/common/CMakeLists.main.txt.tpl b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/studio_templates/projects/common/CMakeLists.main.txt.tpl
index 0adf6e1c98e..7d37f481602 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/studio_templates/projects/common/CMakeLists.main.txt.tpl
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/studio_templates/projects/common/CMakeLists.main.txt.tpl
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ install(TARGETS %{ProjectName}App
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
 )
+
+# make IDEs aware of the QML import path
+set(QML_IMPORT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/qml CACHE PATH
+    "Path to the custom QML components defined by the project")