diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
index 0cf210c5df228fcc3bfdb18b88f9bf2c654dc136..4f1107289406a224089dde5b21005504a21ba324 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "qmlprojectfile.h"
 #include "qmlprojectmanagerconstants.h"
 #include "fileformat/qmlprojectitem.h"
+#include "qmlprojectrunconfiguration.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 #include <coreplugin/messagemanager.h>
@@ -255,6 +256,10 @@ bool QmlProject::fromMap(const QVariantMap &map)
     }
 
     refresh(Everything);
+    // FIXME workaround to guarantee that run/debug actions are enabled if a valid file exists
+    QmlProjectRunConfiguration *runConfig = static_cast<QmlProjectRunConfiguration*>(activeTarget()->activeRunConfiguration());
+    runConfig->changeCurrentFile(0);
+
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
index e69060fb69b49c907c4e9fc1bfd6f02ac095eeab..dd729a33b60eadcc1e607721bfdbf84207a7a36b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ QmlProjectRunConfiguration::QmlProjectRunConfiguration(Internal::QmlProjectTarge
     ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration(parent, QLatin1String(Constants::QML_RC_ID)),
     m_debugServerAddress("127.0.0.1"),
     m_debugServerPort(Constants::QML_DEFAULT_DEBUG_SERVER_PORT),
+    m_projectTarget(parent),
     m_usingCurrentFile(false),
     m_isEnabled(false)
 {
@@ -294,6 +295,20 @@ void QmlProjectRunConfiguration::changeCurrentFile(Core::IEditor *editor)
             m_currentFileFilename = editor->file()->fileName();
             if (Core::ICore::instance()->mimeDatabase()->findByFile(mainScript()).matchesType(QLatin1String("application/x-qml")))
                 enable = true;
+        } else {
+            // find a qml file with lowercase filename. This is slow but only done in initialization/other border cases.
+            foreach(const QString& filename, m_projectTarget->qmlProject()->files()) {
+                const QFileInfo fi(filename);
+
+                if (!filename.isEmpty() && fi.baseName()[0].isLower()
+                    && Core::ICore::instance()->mimeDatabase()->findByFile(fi).matchesType(QLatin1String("application/x-qml")))
+                {
+                    m_currentFileFilename = filename;
+                    enable = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+            }
         }
 
         setEnabled(enable);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.h
index 5fcd2fc4a178c2680aa28b818b851b6d1689269c..9bf631d05d23c204bed9853022a029b7eb852ec1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfiguration.h
@@ -72,8 +72,11 @@ public:
 
     QVariantMap toMap() const;
 
-private slots:
+public slots:
     void changeCurrentFile(Core::IEditor*);
+
+private slots:
+
     QString mainScript() const;
     void setMainScript(const QString &scriptFile);
 
@@ -102,6 +105,8 @@ private:
     QString m_debugServerAddress;
     uint m_debugServerPort;
 
+    Internal::QmlProjectTarget *m_projectTarget;
+
     bool m_usingCurrentFile;
     bool m_isEnabled;