diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
index 68bd4682c069707fa87297f034b557ad6c712ea8..47fb57bca8a2244b17cb4da4966bde0c81a96247 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/exampleslistmodel.cpp
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ QList<ExampleItem> ExamplesListModel::parseExamples(QXmlStreamReader* reader, co
             break;
         case QXmlStreamReader::EndElement:
             if (reader->name() == QLatin1String("example")) {
-                if (!item.projectPath.isEmpty() && QFileInfo(item.projectPath).exists())
-                    examples.append(item);
+                if (item.projectPath.isEmpty() || !QFileInfo(item.projectPath).exists())
+                    item.tags.append("broken");
+                examples.append(item);
             } else if (reader->name() == QLatin1String("examples")) {
                 return examples;
             }