diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
index 0e82ff92815a79dd3db224dba79376296f4c7be7..ca544dab18b811a73f99afb184ebb9270fc2c948 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ private slots:
     void testGnuMakeParserTaskMangling_data();
     void testGnuMakeParserTaskMangling();
 
+    void testXcodebuildParserParsing_data();
+    void testXcodebuildParserParsing();
+
     void testMsvcOutputParsers_data();
     void testMsvcOutputParsers();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
index 94e6d80b501908e49f04fbed01e6650feab358ec..a993fc79daf60b233468c37298285cc3c9f8c358 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.pro
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ HEADERS += projectexplorer.h \
     customparser.h \
     customparserconfigdialog.h \
     ipotentialkit.h \
-    selectablefilesmodel.h
+    selectablefilesmodel.h \
+    xcodebuildparser.h
 
 SOURCES += projectexplorer.cpp \
     abi.cpp \
@@ -273,7 +274,8 @@ SOURCES += projectexplorer.cpp \
     customparser.cpp \
     customparserconfigdialog.cpp \
     ipotentialkit.cpp \
-    selectablefilesmodel.cpp
+    selectablefilesmodel.cpp \
+    xcodebuildparser.cpp
 
 FORMS += processstep.ui \
     editorsettingspropertiespage.ui \
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qbs b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qbs
index 9ecac8b701f5569bfd9a85bd096a715b8167858e..884764ffc15a65299108647e0a13a7a49dd98b14 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.qbs
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "toolchainmanager.cpp", "toolchainmanager.h",
             "toolchainoptionspage.cpp", "toolchainoptionspage.h",
             "unconfiguredprojectpanel.cpp", "unconfiguredprojectpanel.h",
-            "vcsannotatetaskhandler.cpp", "vcsannotatetaskhandler.h"
+            "vcsannotatetaskhandler.cpp", "vcsannotatetaskhandler.h",
+            "xcodebuildparser.cpp", "xcodebuildparser.h"
         ]
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/xcodebuildparser.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/xcodebuildparser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4d6e280a95552792145a0c41b194409e933d928d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/xcodebuildparser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#include "xcodebuildparser.h"
+
+#include "projectexplorerconstants.h"
+#include "task.h"
+
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
+
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+
+namespace ProjectExplorer {
+
+static const char failureRe[] = "\\*\\* BUILD FAILED \\*\\*$";
+static const char successRe[] = "\\*\\* BUILD SUCCEEDED \\*\\*$";
+static const char buildRe[] = "=== BUILD (AGGREGATE )?TARGET (.*) OF PROJECT (.*) WITH .* ===$";
+
+XcodebuildParser::XcodebuildParser() :
+    m_fatalErrorCount(0),
+    m_xcodeBuildParserState(OutsideXcodebuild)
+{
+    setObjectName(QLatin1String("XcodeParser"));
+    m_failureRe.setPattern(QLatin1String(failureRe));
+    QTC_CHECK(m_failureRe.isValid());
+    m_successRe.setPattern(QLatin1String(successRe));
+    QTC_CHECK(m_successRe.isValid());
+    m_buildRe.setPattern(QLatin1String(buildRe));
+    QTC_CHECK(m_buildRe.isValid());
+}
+
+bool XcodebuildParser::hasFatalErrors() const
+{
+    return (m_fatalErrorCount > 0) || IOutputParser::hasFatalErrors();
+}
+
+void XcodebuildParser::stdOutput(const QString &line)
+{
+    const QString lne = rightTrimmed(line);
+    if (m_buildRe.indexIn(lne) > -1) {
+        m_xcodeBuildParserState = InXcodebuild;
+        m_lastTarget = m_buildRe.cap(2);
+        m_lastProject = m_buildRe.cap(3);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (m_xcodeBuildParserState == InXcodebuild || m_xcodeBuildParserState == UnknownXcodebuildState) {
+        if (m_successRe.indexIn(lne) > -1) {
+            m_xcodeBuildParserState = OutsideXcodebuild;
+            return;
+        }
+        IOutputParser::stdError(line);
+    } else {
+        IOutputParser::stdOutput(line);
+    }
+}
+
+void XcodebuildParser::stdError(const QString &line)
+{
+    const QString lne = rightTrimmed(line);
+    if (m_failureRe.indexIn(lne) > -1) {
+        ++m_fatalErrorCount;
+        m_xcodeBuildParserState = UnknownXcodebuildState;
+        // unfortunately the m_lastTarget, m_lastProject might not be in sync
+        Task task(Task::Error,
+                  QCoreApplication::translate("ProjectExplorer::XcodebuildParser",
+                                              "Xcodebuild failed."),
+                  Utils::FileName(), /* filename */
+                  -1, /* line */
+                  ProjectExplorer::Constants::TASK_CATEGORY_COMPILE);
+        taskAdded(task);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (m_xcodeBuildParserState == OutsideXcodebuild) { // also forward if UnknownXcodebuildState ?
+        IOutputParser::stdError(line);
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace ProjectExplorer
+
+// Unit tests:
+
+#ifdef WITH_TESTS
+#   include <QTest>
+
+#   include "outputparser_test.h"
+#   include "projectexplorer.h"
+
+#   include "metatypedeclarations.h"
+
+using namespace ProjectExplorer;
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ProjectExplorer::XcodebuildParser::XcodebuildStatus)
+
+XcodebuildParserTester::XcodebuildParserTester(XcodebuildParser *p, QObject *parent) :
+    QObject(parent),
+    parser(p)
+{ }
+
+void ProjectExplorerPlugin::testXcodebuildParserParsing_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<ProjectExplorer::XcodebuildParser::XcodebuildStatus>("initialStatus");
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("input");
+    QTest::addColumn<OutputParserTester::Channel>("inputChannel");
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("childStdOutLines");
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("childStdErrLines");
+    QTest::addColumn<QList<Task> >("tasks");
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("outputLines");
+    QTest::addColumn<ProjectExplorer::XcodebuildParser::XcodebuildStatus>("finalStatus");
+
+    QTest::newRow("outside pass-through stdout")
+            << XcodebuildParser::OutsideXcodebuild
+            << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext") << OutputParserTester::STDOUT
+            << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext\n") << QString()
+            << QList<Task>()
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::OutsideXcodebuild;
+    QTest::newRow("outside pass-through stderr")
+            << XcodebuildParser::OutsideXcodebuild
+            << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext") << OutputParserTester::STDERR
+            << QString() << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext\n")
+            << QList<Task>()
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::OutsideXcodebuild;
+    QTest::newRow("inside pass stdout to stderr")
+            << XcodebuildParser::InXcodebuild
+            << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext") << OutputParserTester::STDOUT
+            << QString() << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext\n")
+            << QList<Task>()
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::InXcodebuild;
+    QTest::newRow("inside ignore stderr")
+            << XcodebuildParser::InXcodebuild
+            << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext") << OutputParserTester::STDERR
+            << QString() << QString()
+            << QList<Task>()
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::InXcodebuild;
+    QTest::newRow("unknown pass stdout to stderr")
+            << XcodebuildParser::UnknownXcodebuildState
+            << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext") << OutputParserTester::STDOUT
+            << QString() << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext\n")
+            << QList<Task>()
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::UnknownXcodebuildState;
+    QTest::newRow("unknown ignore stderr (change?)")
+            << XcodebuildParser::UnknownXcodebuildState
+            << QString::fromLatin1("Sometext") << OutputParserTester::STDERR
+            << QString() << QString()
+            << QList<Task>()
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::UnknownXcodebuildState;
+    QTest::newRow("switch outside->in->outside")
+            << XcodebuildParser::OutsideXcodebuild
+            << QString::fromLatin1("outside\n"
+                                   "=== BUILD AGGREGATE TARGET Qt Preprocess OF PROJECT testQQ WITH THE DEFAULT CONFIGURATION (Debug) ===\n"
+                                   "in xcodebuild\n"
+                                   "=== BUILD TARGET testQQ OF PROJECT testQQ WITH THE DEFAULT CONFIGURATION (Debug) ===\n"
+                                   "in xcodebuild2\n"
+                                   "** BUILD SUCCEEDED **\n"
+                                   "outside2")
+            << OutputParserTester::STDOUT
+            << QString::fromLatin1("outside\noutside2\n") << QString::fromLatin1("in xcodebuild\nin xcodebuild2\n")
+            << QList<Task>()
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::OutsideXcodebuild;
+    QTest::newRow("switch Unknown->in->outside")
+            << XcodebuildParser::UnknownXcodebuildState
+            << QString::fromLatin1("unknown\n"
+                                   "=== BUILD TARGET testQQ OF PROJECT testQQ WITH THE DEFAULT CONFIGURATION (Debug) ===\n"
+                                   "in xcodebuild\n"
+                                   "** BUILD SUCCEEDED **\n"
+                                   "outside")
+            << OutputParserTester::STDOUT
+            << QString::fromLatin1("outside\n") << QString::fromLatin1("unknown\nin xcodebuild\n")
+            << QList<Task>()
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::OutsideXcodebuild;
+    QTest::newRow("switch in->unknown")
+            << XcodebuildParser::InXcodebuild
+            << QString::fromLatin1("insideErr\n"
+                                   "** BUILD FAILED **\n"
+                                   "unknownErr")
+            << OutputParserTester::STDERR
+            << QString() << QString()
+            << (QList<ProjectExplorer::Task>()
+                << ProjectExplorer::Task(
+                    Task::Error,
+                    QCoreApplication::translate("ProjectExplorer::XcodebuildParser",
+                                                "Xcodebuild failed."),
+                    Utils::FileName(), /* filename */
+                    -1, /* line */
+                    ProjectExplorer::Constants::TASK_CATEGORY_COMPILE))
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::UnknownXcodebuildState;
+    QTest::newRow("switch out->unknown")
+            << XcodebuildParser::OutsideXcodebuild
+            << QString::fromLatin1("outErr\n"
+                                   "** BUILD FAILED **\n"
+                                   "unknownErr")
+            << OutputParserTester::STDERR
+            << QString() << QString::fromLatin1("outErr\n")
+            << (QList<ProjectExplorer::Task>()
+                << ProjectExplorer::Task(
+                    Task::Error,
+                    QCoreApplication::translate("ProjectExplorer::XcodebuildParser",
+                                                "Xcodebuild failed."),
+                    Utils::FileName(), /* filename */
+                    -1, /* line */
+                    ProjectExplorer::Constants::TASK_CATEGORY_COMPILE))
+            << QString()
+            << XcodebuildParser::UnknownXcodebuildState;
+}
+
+void ProjectExplorerPlugin::testXcodebuildParserParsing()
+{
+    OutputParserTester testbench;
+    XcodebuildParser *childParser = new XcodebuildParser;
+    XcodebuildParserTester *tester = new XcodebuildParserTester(childParser);
+
+    testbench.appendOutputParser(childParser);
+    QFETCH(ProjectExplorer::XcodebuildParser::XcodebuildStatus, initialStatus);
+    QFETCH(QString, input);
+    QFETCH(OutputParserTester::Channel, inputChannel);
+    QFETCH(QString, childStdOutLines);
+    QFETCH(QString, childStdErrLines);
+    QFETCH(QList<Task>, tasks);
+    QFETCH(QString, outputLines);
+    QFETCH(ProjectExplorer::XcodebuildParser::XcodebuildStatus, finalStatus);
+
+    childParser->m_xcodeBuildParserState = initialStatus;
+    testbench.testParsing(input, inputChannel,
+                          tasks, childStdOutLines, childStdErrLines,
+                          outputLines);
+    QCOMPARE(childParser->m_xcodeBuildParserState, finalStatus);
+
+    delete tester;
+}
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/xcodebuildparser.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/xcodebuildparser.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53da4736e7910a5e3c492a70a61e6d807e2fbd1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/xcodebuildparser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef IOSXCODEPARSER_H
+#define IOSXCODEPARSER_H
+
+#include "projectexplorer_export.h"
+#include "ioutputparser.h"
+#include "devicesupport/idevice.h"
+
+#include <QRegExp>
+#include <QStringList>
+
+namespace ProjectExplorer {
+
+class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT XcodebuildParser : public IOutputParser
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    enum XcodebuildStatus {
+        InXcodebuild,
+        OutsideXcodebuild,
+        UnknownXcodebuildState
+    };
+
+    XcodebuildParser();
+
+    void stdOutput(const QString &line);
+    void stdError(const QString &line);
+    bool hasFatalErrors() const;
+private:
+    int m_fatalErrorCount;
+    QRegExp m_failureRe;
+    QRegExp m_successRe;
+    QRegExp m_buildRe;
+    XcodebuildStatus m_xcodeBuildParserState;
+    QString m_lastTarget;
+    QString m_lastProject;
+#if defined WITH_TESTS
+    friend class ProjectExplorerPlugin;
+#endif
+};
+
+#if defined WITH_TESTS
+class XcodebuildParserTester : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit XcodebuildParserTester(XcodebuildParser *parser, QObject *parent = 0);
+
+    XcodebuildParser *parser;
+};
+#endif
+
+} // namespace ProjectExplorer
+
+#endif // IOSXCODEPARSER_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/makestep.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/makestep.cpp
index d1b39bf2ed0aea173866feeefb570a1056669c30..067fdf53e81dcf3bb38e91d71cf93ba006524cbe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/makestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/makestep.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <projectexplorer/gnumakeparser.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/kitinformation.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/xcodebuildparser.h>
 #include <utils/qtcprocess.h>
 
 #include <QDir>
@@ -255,6 +256,8 @@ bool MakeStep::init()
     pp->resolveAll();
 
     setOutputParser(new ProjectExplorer::GnuMakeParser());
+    if (tc && tc->targetAbi().os() == Abi::MacOS)
+        appendOutputParser(new XcodebuildParser);
     IOutputParser *parser = target()->kit()->createOutputParser();
     if (parser)
         appendOutputParser(parser);