diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmldump/main.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmldump/main.cpp
index 93f349c98be..46334c4d375 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmldump/main.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmldump/main.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include <QtDeclarative/private/qdeclarativemetatype_p.h>
 #include <QtDeclarative/private/qdeclarativeopenmetaobject_p.h>
 #include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeView>
+#ifdef QT_SIMULATOR
+#include <QtGui/private/qsimulatorconnection_p.h>
+#endif
 
 static QHash<QByteArray, QList<const QDeclarativeType *> > qmlTypesByCppName;
 static QHash<QByteArray, QByteArray> cppToId;
@@ -254,6 +257,9 @@ void writeEasingCurve(QXmlStreamWriter *xml)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+#ifdef QT_SIMULATOR
+    QtSimulatorPrivate::SimulatorConnection::createStubInstance();
+#endif
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
 
     if (argc != 1 && argc != 3) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.cpp
index 46d849dfa9c..4f11e604216 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ bool QmlDumpTool::canBuild(const QtVersion *qtVersion)
 {
     const QString installHeaders = qtVersion->versionInfo().value("QT_INSTALL_HEADERS");
     const QString header = installHeaders + QLatin1String("/QtDeclarative/private/qdeclarativemetatype_p.h");
-    return qtVersion->supportsTargetId(Constants::DESKTOP_TARGET_ID)
-            && QFile::exists(header);
+    return (qtVersion->supportsTargetId(Constants::DESKTOP_TARGET_ID)
+            || (qtVersion->supportsTargetId(Constants::QT_SIMULATOR_TARGET_ID)
+                && checkMinimumQtVersion(qtVersion->qtVersionString(), 4, 7, 1)))
+           && QFile::exists(header);
 }
 
 static QtVersion *qtVersionForProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
@@ -170,24 +172,25 @@ static QtVersion *qtVersionForProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    // else, find any desktop Qt version that has qmldump, or - if there isn't any -
-    // one that could build it
-    QtVersion *desktopQt = 0;
+    // else, find any desktop or simulator Qt version that has qmldump, or
+    // - if there isn't any - one that could build it
+    QtVersion *canBuildQmlDump = 0;
     QtVersionManager *qtVersions = QtVersionManager::instance();
     foreach (QtVersion *version, qtVersions->validVersions()) {
-        if (version->supportsTargetId(Constants::DESKTOP_TARGET_ID)) {
+        if (version->supportsTargetId(Constants::DESKTOP_TARGET_ID)
+                || version->supportsTargetId(Constants::QT_SIMULATOR_TARGET_ID)) {
             const QString qtInstallData = version->versionInfo().value("QT_INSTALL_DATA");
             const QString path = QmlDumpTool::toolByInstallData(qtInstallData);
             if (!path.isEmpty())
                 return version;
 
-            if (!desktopQt && QmlDumpTool::canBuild(version)) {
-                desktopQt = version;
+            if (!canBuildQmlDump && QmlDumpTool::canBuild(version)) {
+                canBuildQmlDump = version;
             }
         }
     }
 
-    return desktopQt;
+    return canBuildQmlDump;
 }
 
 QString QmlDumpTool::toolForProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)