diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsteplist.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsteplist.cpp
index c344c03720fa5833b822421b1307baa52ddd29af..164d0bc830a45b01ead1c95e3edb8802f447353a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsteplist.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsteplist.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ BuildStepList::BuildStepList(QObject *parent, BuildStepList *source) :
     ProjectConfiguration(parent, source),
     m_isNull(source->m_isNull)
 {
+    setDisplayName(source->displayName());
     Q_ASSERT(parent);
     // do not clone the steps here:
     // The BC is not fully set up yet and thus some of the buildstepfactories