diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
index 7ccb75abbed..542d0732fa3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ CommandLine RunConfiguration::commandLine() const
     return m_commandLineGetter();
 }
 
+void RunConfiguration::setRunnableModifier(const RunnableModifier &runnableModifier)
+{
+    m_runnableModifier = runnableModifier;
+}
+
 void RunConfiguration::update()
 {
     if (m_updater)
@@ -398,6 +403,8 @@ Runnable RunConfiguration::runnable() const
         r.workingDirectory = workingDirectoryAspect->workingDirectory(macroExpander()).toString();
     if (auto environmentAspect = aspect<EnvironmentAspect>())
         r.environment = environmentAspect->environment();
+    if (m_runnableModifier)
+        m_runnableModifier(r);
     return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
index 5f3bb71a649..50652f30dd6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ public:
     void setCommandLineGetter(const CommandLineGetter &cmdGetter);
     Utils::CommandLine commandLine() const;
 
+    using RunnableModifier = std::function<void(Runnable &)>;
+    void setRunnableModifier(const RunnableModifier &extraModifier);
+
     virtual Runnable runnable() const;
 
     // Return a handle to the build system target that created this run configuration.
@@ -194,6 +197,7 @@ private:
 
     QString m_buildKey;
     CommandLineGetter m_commandLineGetter;
+    RunnableModifier m_runnableModifier;
     Updater m_updater;
     Utils::MacroExpander m_expander;
 };