diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
index 89bfd302a93168a0f62cb937c3fbbbe6b918eb1b..2943125e291128ab6235f7072bbe83162384c8e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ QStringList QmlProjectRunConfiguration::viewerArguments() const
 
     // arguments from .qmlproject file
     foreach (const QString &importPath, qmlTarget()->qmlProject()->importPaths()) {
-        args.append(QLatin1String("-L"));
+        args.append(QLatin1String("-I"));
         args.append(importPath);
     }