diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/profilecompletionassist.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/profilecompletionassist.cpp
index b08f5fae68e71fd4d5d254c04a4dc3ddba682f6d..f10a6982862fd9cc39b9552385b41d2d42a0afb2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/profilecompletionassist.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/profilecompletionassist.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ using namespace TextEditor;
 
 static const char *const variableKeywords[] = {
     "CCFLAG",
+    "CLEAN_DEPS",
     "CONFIG",
     "DEFINES",
     "DEF_FILE",