diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbspropertylineedit.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbspropertylineedit.cpp
index 1080094c894a04a12634c13c2f911a762df97b3a..60e9aded6a1112bac64e4d430fe2fce72bd459f6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbspropertylineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbspropertylineedit.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ QList<QPair<QString, QString> > QbsPropertyLineEdit::properties() const
 bool QbsPropertyLineEdit::validate(const QString &value, QString *errorMessage) const
 {
     Utils::QtcProcess::SplitError err;
-    QStringList argList = Utils::QtcProcess::splitArgs(value, false, &err);
+    QStringList argList = Utils::QtcProcess::splitArgs(value, Utils::HostOsInfo::hostOs(), false, &err);
     if (err != Utils::QtcProcess::SplitOk) {
         if (errorMessage)
             *errorMessage = tr("Could not split properties.");