diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qml-extension/project.pro b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qml-extension/project.pro
index e7f123beee6cb78e5402e23114c74f2ecbc372db..d4f5293be80b80aa410ba17ee8aef42147e0c5d2 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qml-extension/project.pro
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/qml-extension/project.pro
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ HEADERS += \
     %ObjectName:l%.%CppHeaderSuffix%
 
 OTHER_FILES = qmldir
+
+copy_qmldir.target = $$OUT_PWD/qmldir
+copy_qmldir.depends = $$PWD/qmldir
+copy_qmldir.commands = $(COPY_FILE) $$copy_qmldir.depends $$copy_qmldir.target
+QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += copy_qmldir
+PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$copy_qmldir.target