diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index e89274a061a..ed3602e6d6d 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ function(extend_qtc_test target_name)
 endfunction()
 
 function(add_qtc_executable name)
-  cmake_parse_arguments(_arg "SKIP_INSTALL;SKIP_TRANSLATION;ALLOW_ASCII_CASTS;SKIP_PCH"
+  cmake_parse_arguments(_arg "SKIP_INSTALL;SKIP_TRANSLATION;ALLOW_ASCII_CASTS;SKIP_PCH;QTC_RUNNABLE"
     "DESTINATION;COMPONENT;BUILD_DEFAULT"
     "CONDITION;DEPENDS;DEFINES;INCLUDES;SOURCES;EXPLICIT_MOC;SKIP_AUTOMOC;EXTRA_TRANSLATIONS;PROPERTIES" ${ARGN})
 
@@ -707,6 +707,11 @@ function(add_qtc_executable name)
     enable_pch(${name})
   endif()
 
+  if (_arg_QTC_RUNNABLE)
+      # Used by QtCreator to select the default target in the project
+      set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES FOLDER "qtc_runnable")
+  endif()
+
   if (NOT _arg_SKIP_INSTALL)
     unset(COMPONENT_OPTION)
     if (_arg_COMPONENT)
diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index b08211cf573..43650cab5ad 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ add_qtc_executable(qtcreator
     MACOSX_BUNDLE ON
     OUTPUT_NAME "${IDE_APP_TARGET}"
   DESTINATION "${IDE_APP_PATH}"
+  QTC_RUNNABLE
 )
 
 if (NOT TARGET qtcreator)
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildsystem.cpp
index b89d5d74ef6..688c0f26627 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildsystem.cpp
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ const QList<BuildTargetInfo> CMakeBuildSystem::appTargets() const
             bti.workingDirectory = ct.workingDirectory;
             bti.buildKey = buildKey;
             bti.usesTerminal = !ct.linksToQtGui;
+            bti.isQtcRunnable = ct.qtcRunnable;
 
             // Workaround for QTCREATORBUG-19354:
             bti.runEnvModifier = [this, buildKey](Environment &env, bool enabled) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
index c2a51c67fc4..6bc7d41249e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public:
     Utils::FilePath executable; // TODO: rename to output?
     TargetType targetType = UtilityType;
     bool linksToQtGui = false;
+    bool qtcRunnable = true;
     Utils::FilePath workingDirectory;
     Utils::FilePath sourceDirectory;
     Utils::FilePath makeCommand;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
index 1d96dad7f91..7b38aa0f41f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/fileapidataextractor.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ QList<CMakeBuildTarget> generateBuildTargets(const PreprocessedData &input,
                                                                  || f.fragment.contains("Qt6Gui"));
                                                   });
 
+                ct.qtcRunnable = t.folderTargetProperty == "qtc_runnable";
+
                 // Extract library directories for executables:
                 for (const FragmentInfo &f : t.link.value().fragments) {
                     if (f.role == "flags") // ignore all flags fragments