diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/CppBindings.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/CppBindings.cpp
index 9d8531fd5158583c0c19ab98ce1842a1bec15757..722db83460d0464dc71cc613410ffd01842d57e4 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/CppBindings.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/CppBindings.cpp
@@ -567,3 +567,12 @@ bool Binder::visit(Block *)
 
 } // end of anonymous namespace
 
+NamespaceBindingPtr CPlusPlus::bind(Document::Ptr doc, Snapshot snapshot)
+{
+    NamespaceBindingPtr global(new NamespaceBinding());
+
+    Binder bind(global.data());
+    bind(doc, snapshot);
+    return global;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/CppBindings.h b/src/libs/cplusplus/CppBindings.h
index 57c37f9192875c9df195dbd64ba3ae2b6b2f5702..24b308cee77718431282d893090e31fb868fd9c8 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/CppBindings.h
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/CppBindings.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #ifndef CPPBINDINGS_H
 #define CPPBINDINGS_H
 
-#include <CPlusPlusForwardDeclarations.h>
+#include "CppDocument.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QList>
 #include <QtCore/QSharedPointer>
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ public: // attributes
     QList<ClassBinding *> baseClassBindings;
 };
 
+CPLUSPLUS_EXPORT NamespaceBindingPtr bind(Document::Ptr doc, Snapshot snapshot);
+
 } // end of namespace CPlusPlus
 
 #endif // CPPBINDINGS_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
index 49592e287ef5f24d4f6752d33b3bf1806aed81f6..0451b930e50c220e45cfe6b19fbe9add19f0ca1d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 **************************************************************************/
 
 #include <cplusplus/pp.h>
+#include <cplusplus/CppBindings.h>
 
 #include "cppmodelmanager.h"
 #include "cpptoolsconstants.h"
@@ -331,6 +332,10 @@ public:
         doc->check();
 
         if (_workingCopy.contains(doc->fileName())) {
+            // run the binding pass
+            NamespaceBindingPtr ns = bind(doc, _snapshot);
+            Q_UNUSED(ns);
+
             // check for undefined symbols.
 
             CheckUndefinedBaseClasses checkUndefinedBaseClasses(doc->control());