diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
index 12831a5a0b29c46bbf4ce9264e782cf2dacb0ae3..fe0c3b8207d9610df09ebbf62ae8f652e9ff0025 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
@@ -2013,6 +2013,8 @@ QStringList Qt4ProFileNode::includePaths(QtSupport::ProFileReader *reader) const
     // except if those directories don't exist at the time of parsing
     // thus we add those directories manually (without checking for existence)
     paths << mocDirPath(reader) << uiDirPath(reader);
+    // qmake always adds "."
+    paths << m_projectDir;
     paths.removeDuplicates();
     return paths;
 }