diff --git a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
index c23853d2272e71a2b2aa874fe902d9da43ad345e..e9fcdbce71d1978ffb72e19570e0b76d356fb995 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,33 @@ QString BuildableHelperLibrary::qtVersionForQMake(const QString &qmakePath)
     return QString();
 }
 
+bool BuildableHelperLibrary::checkMinimumQtVersion(const QString &qtVersionString, int majorVersion, int minorVersion, int patchVersion)
+{
+    int major = -1;
+    int minor = -1;
+    int patch = -1;
+
+    // check format
+    QRegExp qtVersionRegex(QLatin1String("^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$"));
+    if (!qtVersionRegex.exactMatch(qtVersionString))
+        return false;
+
+    QStringList parts = qtVersionString.split(QLatin1Char('.'));
+    major = parts.at(0).toInt();
+    minor = parts.at(1).toInt();
+    patch = parts.at(2).toInt();
+
+    if (major == majorVersion) {
+        if (minor == minorVersion) {
+            if (patch >= patchVersion)
+                return true;
+        } else if (minor > minorVersion)
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 QStringList BuildableHelperLibrary::possibleQMakeCommands()
 {
     // On windows no one has renamed qmake, right?
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.h b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.h
index e4d9eadbc682b67b8dd2d99515fc8de0ec29076d..fa8a85648c643ff564ba9dd9c1180aef6a020d44 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/buildablehelperlibrary.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public:
     static QString findSystemQt(const Utils::Environment &env);
     // return true if the qmake at qmakePath is qt4 (used by QtVersion)
     static QString qtVersionForQMake(const QString &qmakePath);
+    static bool checkMinimumQtVersion(const QString &qtversionString, int majorVersion, int minorVersion, int patchVersion);
     // returns something like qmake4, qmake, qmake-qt4 or whatever distributions have chosen (used by QtVersion)
     static QStringList possibleQMakeCommands();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.cpp
index 210c0182fda37d260abb4bc33ba97e1384975d33..5d11f0dec9bb326ec714cad35b5318495e064d82 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.cpp
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ static inline QStringList validBinaryFilenames()
             << QLatin1String("qmldump.app/Contents/MacOS/qmldump");
 }
 
-bool QmlDumpTool::canBuild(const QString &installHeadersDir)
+bool QmlDumpTool::canBuild(QtVersion *qtVersion)
 {
-    QString qDeclHeader = installHeadersDir + QLatin1String("/QtDeclarative/private/qdeclarativemetatype_p.h");
-    return QFile::exists(qDeclHeader);
+    return checkMinimumQtVersion(qtVersion->qtVersionString(), 4, 7, 0);
 }
 
 QString QmlDumpTool::toolForProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.h
index 4c54838b6f133e54d406f7acd77f9d508d0b5e35..dc9914780770067b791b9eebf296d403155d8d1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmldumptool.h
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ namespace ProjectExplorer {
 }
 
 namespace Qt4ProjectManager {
+class QtVersion;
 
 class QT4PROJECTMANAGER_EXPORT QmlDumpTool : public Utils::BuildableHelperLibrary
 {
 public:
-    static bool canBuild(const QString &installHeadersDir);
+    static bool canBuild(QtVersion *qtVersion);
     static QString toolForProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project);
     static QString toolByInstallData(const QString &qtInstallData);
     static QStringList locationsByInstallData(const QString &qtInstallData);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmlobservertool.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmlobservertool.cpp
index 3a64da2ed7aa086b14d1004f26e4086965d82b9d..7b556f2a313e8ce282ced2c0fa0265ff06f89faa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmlobservertool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmlobservertool.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "qt4project.h"
 #include "qt4projectmanagerconstants.h"
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
 #include <projectexplorer/project.h>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
@@ -50,10 +51,9 @@ static inline QStringList validBinaryFilenames()
             << QLatin1String("QMLObserver.app/Contents/MacOS/QMLObserver");
 }
 
-bool QmlObserverTool::canBuild(const QString &installHeadersDir)
+bool QmlObserverTool::canBuild(QtVersion *qtVersion)
 {
-    QString qDeclHeader = installHeadersDir + QLatin1String("/QtDeclarative/private/qdeclarativemetatype_p.h");
-    return QFile::exists(qDeclHeader);
+    return checkMinimumQtVersion(qtVersion->qtVersionString(), 4, 7, 1);
 }
 
 QString QmlObserverTool::toolForProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmlobservertool.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmlobservertool.h
index 625e625c760bdf5caa54f4e96f36b637466360d1..89cbca67460e21d842346c92e2f70bdb58432a7a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmlobservertool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmlobservertool.h
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ namespace ProjectExplorer {
 
 namespace Qt4ProjectManager {
 
+class QtVersion;
+
 class QT4PROJECTMANAGER_EXPORT QmlObserverTool : public Utils::BuildableHelperLibrary
 {
 public:
-    static bool canBuild(const QString &installHeadersDir);
+    static bool canBuild(QtVersion *qtVersion);
     static QString toolForProject(ProjectExplorer::Project *project);
     static QString toolByInstallData(const QString &qtInstallData);
     static QStringList locationsByInstallData(const QString &qtInstallData);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
index b6edfbfb1495b412557aa5e3d789f914d89ed6c9..283f52ba44e92a9d45678bda0e220bc8fc5d42b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qtversionmanager.cpp
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ QString QtVersion::buildDebuggingHelperLibrary(QFutureInterface<void> &future)
     }
     future.setProgressValue(2);
 
-    if (QmlDumpTool::canBuild(qtInstallHeaders)) {
+    if (QmlDumpTool::canBuild(this)) {
         QString toolDirectory = QmlDumpTool::copy(qtInstallData, &output);
         if (!toolDirectory.isEmpty()) {
             output += QmlDumpTool::build(toolDirectory, tc->makeCommand(),
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ QString QtVersion::buildDebuggingHelperLibrary(QFutureInterface<void> &future)
     }
     future.setProgressValue(3);
 
-    if (QmlObserverTool::canBuild(qtInstallHeaders)) {
+    if (QmlObserverTool::canBuild(this)) {
         QString toolDirectory = QmlObserverTool::copy(qtInstallData, &output);
         if (!toolDirectory.isEmpty()) {
             output += QmlObserverTool::build(toolDirectory, tc->makeCommand(),