diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodebugsupport.cpp
index d67de573fdc180d59782295bb36f61f0988a6ef6..abac864fa01bd9efa979705a2d54d43e59d9fec3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodebugsupport.cpp
@@ -230,12 +230,11 @@ void MaemoDebugSupport::startDebugging()
     if (useGdb()) {
         handleAdapterSetupDone();
     } else {
+        m_gdbserverOutput.clear();
         connect(m_runner, SIGNAL(remoteErrorOutput(QByteArray)), this,
             SLOT(handleRemoteErrorOutput(QByteArray)));
         connect(m_runner, SIGNAL(remoteOutput(QByteArray)), this,
             SLOT(handleRemoteOutput(QByteArray)));
-        connect(m_runner, SIGNAL(remoteProcessStarted()), this,
-            SLOT(handleRemoteProcessStarted()));
         const QString &remoteExe = m_runConfig->remoteExecutableFilePath();
         const QString cmdPrefix = MaemoGlobal::remoteCommandPrefix(remoteExe);
         const QString env = environment(m_runConfig);
@@ -250,11 +249,6 @@ void MaemoDebugSupport::startDebugging()
     }
 }
 
-void MaemoDebugSupport::handleRemoteProcessStarted()
-{
-    handleAdapterSetupDone();
-}
-
 void MaemoDebugSupport::handleDebuggingFinished()
 {
     m_stopped = true;
@@ -269,6 +263,13 @@ void MaemoDebugSupport::handleRemoteOutput(const QByteArray &output)
 void MaemoDebugSupport::handleRemoteErrorOutput(const QByteArray &output)
 {
     m_runControl->showMessage(QString::fromUtf8(output), AppOutput);
+    if (!m_adapterStarted && !useGdb() && !m_qmlOnlyDebugging) {
+        m_gdbserverOutput += output;
+        if (m_gdbserverOutput.contains("Listening on port")) {
+            handleAdapterSetupDone();
+            m_gdbserverOutput.clear();
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void MaemoDebugSupport::handleProgressReport(const QString &progressOutput)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodebugsupport.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodebugsupport.h
index a53ae208573a15a757521709c914a4a679b1edff..d4849aa659c4cbe51edfd9a4a7975615748e942a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodebugsupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemodebugsupport.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ private slots:
     void handleSftpChannelInitialized();
     void handleSftpChannelInitializationFailed(const QString &error);
     void handleSftpJobFinished(Core::SftpJobId job, const QString &error);
-    void handleRemoteProcessStarted();
     void handleDebuggingFinished();
     void handleRemoteOutput(const QByteArray &output);
     void handleRemoteErrorOutput(const QByteArray &output);
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ private:
     Core::SftpJobId m_uploadJob;
     bool m_adapterStarted;
     bool m_stopped;
+    QByteArray m_gdbserverOutput;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal