diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericmakestep.cpp b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericmakestep.cpp
index 03175c3451a5c508d4f60274b3c95cf9616657d5..ad2b0b24ee7d4a5d8f461b21d69f0dee8f764f9c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericmakestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericmakestep.cpp
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ ProjectExplorer::BuildStep *GenericMakeStepFactory::create(ProjectExplorer::Buil
     if (parent->id() == Core::Id(ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_CLEAN)) {
         step->setClean(true);
         step->setBuildTarget("clean", /* on = */ true);
+    } else if (parent->id() == Core::Id(ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_BUILD)) {
+        step->setBuildTarget("all", /* on = */ true);
     }
     return step;
 }