diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/profileeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/profileeditor.cpp
index cb261427674..c2a6a3e89c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/profileeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/profileeditor.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "profilecompletionassist.h"
 #include "profilehighlighter.h"
 #include "profilehoverhandler.h"
+#include "qmakenodes.h"
+#include "qmakeproject.h"
 #include "qmakeprojectmanager.h"
 #include "qmakeprojectmanagerconstants.h"
 #include "qmakeprojectmanagerconstants.h"
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
 #include <qtsupport/qtsupportconstants.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorerconstants.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/session.h>
 #include <texteditor/texteditoractionhandler.h>
 #include <texteditor/textdocument.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
+using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 using namespace TextEditor;
 using namespace Utils;
 
@@ -56,12 +60,14 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 class ProFileEditorWidget : public TextEditorWidget
 {
-protected:
+private:
     void findLinkAt(const QTextCursor &,
                     Utils::ProcessLinkCallback &&processLinkCallback,
                     bool resolveTarget = true,
                     bool inNextSplit = false) override;
     void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *) override;
+
+    QString checkForPrfFile(const QString &baseName) const;
 };
 
 static bool isValidFileNameChar(const QChar &c)
@@ -74,6 +80,36 @@ static bool isValidFileNameChar(const QChar &c)
             || c == QLatin1Char('\\');
 }
 
+QString ProFileEditorWidget::checkForPrfFile(const QString &baseName) const
+{
+    const FileName projectFile = textDocument()->filePath();
+    const QmakePriFileNode *projectNode = nullptr;
+    for (const Project * const project : SessionManager::projects()) {
+        if (project->isParsing())
+            continue;
+        projectNode = dynamic_cast<const QmakePriFileNode *>(project->rootProjectNode()
+                ->findProjectNode([&projectFile](const ProjectNode *pn) {
+            return pn->filePath() == projectFile;
+        }));
+        if (projectNode)
+            break;
+    }
+    if (!projectNode)
+        return QString();
+    const QmakeProFileNode * const proFileNode = projectNode->proFileNode();
+    if (!proFileNode)
+        return QString();
+    const QmakeProFile * const proFile = proFileNode->proFile();
+    if (!proFile)
+        return QString();
+    for (const QString &featureRoot : proFile->featureRoots()) {
+        const QFileInfo candidate(featureRoot + '/' + baseName + ".prf");
+        if (candidate.exists())
+            return candidate.filePath();
+    }
+    return QString();
+}
+
 void ProFileEditorWidget::findLinkAt(const QTextCursor &cursor,
                                      Utils::ProcessLinkCallback &&processLinkCallback,
                                      bool /*resolveTarget*/,
@@ -189,6 +225,10 @@ void ProFileEditorWidget::findLinkAt(const QTextCursor &cursor,
                 return processLinkCallback(link);
         }
         link.targetFileName = QDir::cleanPath(fileName);
+    } else {
+        link.targetFileName = checkForPrfFile(buffer);
+    }
+    if (!link.targetFileName.isEmpty()) {
         link.linkTextStart = cursor.position() - positionInBlock + beginPos + 1;
         link.linkTextEnd = cursor.position() - positionInBlock + endPos;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
index 671cd5bfecf..1e8ff76337b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.cpp
@@ -1616,6 +1616,7 @@ void QmakeProFile::applyEvaluate(QmakeEvalResult *evalResult)
             m_varValues = result->newVarValues;
 
         m_displayName = singleVariableValue(Variable::QmakeProjectName);
+        m_featureRoots = m_readerExact->featureRoots();
     } // result == EvalOk
 
     if (!result->directoriesWithWildcards.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
index 6f0e13a5c95..d166690badc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeparsernodes.h
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ public:
 
     TargetInformation targetInformation() const;
     InstallsList installsList() const;
+    const QStringList featureRoots() const { return m_featureRoots; }
 
     QByteArray cxxDefines() const;
 
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ private:
     TargetInformation m_qmakeTargetInformation;
     Utils::FileNameList m_subProjectsNotToDeploy;
     InstallsList m_installsList;
+    QStringList m_featureRoots;
 
     std::unique_ptr<Utils::FileSystemWatcher> m_wildcardWatcher;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
index 22f3ee5b4e1..3b816f01cd3 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ QStringList ProFileEvaluator::sourcesToFiles(const QVector<ProFileEvaluator::Sou
     return result;
 }
 
+QStringList ProFileEvaluator::featureRoots() const
+{
+    return d->m_featureRoots->paths;
+}
+
 // VFS note: all search paths are assumed to be real.
 QStringList ProFileEvaluator::absolutePathValues(
         const QString &variable, const QString &baseDirectory) const
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
index a67d4b5a74f..0251f8458cd 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
             QHash<ProString, bool> *handled, QSet<QString> &directoriesWithWildcards) const;
     QString propertyValue(const QString &val) const;
     static QStringList sourcesToFiles(const QVector<SourceFile> &sources);
+    QStringList featureRoots() const;
 
 private:
     QMakeEvaluator *d;