diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.cpp
index 35769432c98e8ff97c2004719b3319406ba5c16f..7f8ed0cb6fe1e86f89085abe9405e1676507d66a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ QStringList QbsBuildConfiguration::changedFiles() const
     return m_changedFiles;
 }
 
+void QbsBuildConfiguration::setActiveFileTags(const QStringList &fileTags)
+{
+    m_activeFileTags = fileTags;
+}
+
+QStringList QbsBuildConfiguration::activeFileTags() const
+{
+    return m_activeFileTags;
+}
+
 void QbsBuildConfiguration::setProducts(const QStringList &products)
 {
     m_products = products;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.h
index 6304bf7adcc69267fb9b4c14b1be0d213b2c2320..022165b7fe69c37bdb1f30759be513bfdbee6ca3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.h
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public:
     void setChangedFiles(const QStringList &files);
     QStringList changedFiles() const;
 
+    void setActiveFileTags(const QStringList &fileTags);
+    QStringList activeFileTags() const;
+
     void setProducts(const QStringList &products);
     QStringList products() const;
 
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ private:
     bool m_parsingError;
     Utils::FileName m_buildDirectory;
     QStringList m_changedFiles;
+    QStringList m_activeFileTags;
     QStringList m_products;
 
     friend class QbsBuildConfigurationFactory;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
index 9c6a4ceb0ea7e37500a4f0c7b638863af12e6d68..d576239768672237efd91ca25034e6d220fa6d99 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ bool QbsBuildStep::init()
         m_parser->appendOutputParser(parser);
 
     m_changedFiles = bc->changedFiles();
+    m_activeFileTags = bc->activeFileTags();
     m_products = bc->products();
 
     connect(m_parser, SIGNAL(addOutput(QString,ProjectExplorer::BuildStep::OutputFormat)),
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ void QbsBuildStep::run(QFutureInterface<bool> &fi)
     QbsProject *pro = static_cast<QbsProject *>(project());
     qbs::BuildOptions options(m_qbsBuildOptions);
     options.setChangedFiles(m_changedFiles);
+    options.setActiveFileTags(m_activeFileTags);
 
     m_job = pro->build(options, m_products);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.h b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.h
index fce407b65846bbe8d52b8faa2f9d76b6a520ffdc..a6e6827da94c8b0bc4c8eb733ea6b6bd66b6f014 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildstep.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ private:
 
     // Temporary data:
     QStringList m_changedFiles;
+    QStringList m_activeFileTags;
     QStringList m_products;
 
     QFutureInterface<bool> *m_fi;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.cpp
index bb32ff9337915dcf079433aecece9b89b0830e40..ebd9bb589b12deec2ec2a44e995ca3d25f50cfe1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildFileContextMenu()
     QTC_ASSERT(m_currentNode, return);
     QTC_ASSERT(m_currentProject, return);
 
-    buildFiles(m_currentProject, QStringList(m_currentNode->path()));
+    buildSingleFile(m_currentProject, m_currentNode->path());
 }
 
 void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildFile()
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildFile()
     if (!project || file.isEmpty())
         return;
 
-    buildFiles(project, QStringList(file));
+    buildSingleFile(project, file);
 }
 
 void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildProductContextMenu()
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildProduct()
     buildProducts(project, QStringList(product->displayName()));
 }
 
-void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildFiles(QbsProject *project, const QStringList &files)
+void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildFiles(QbsProject *project, const QStringList &files,
+                                         const QStringList &activeFileTags)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(project, return);
     QTC_ASSERT(!files.isEmpty(), return);
@@ -362,6 +363,7 @@ void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildFiles(QbsProject *project, const QStringList
         return;
 
     bc->setChangedFiles(files);
+    bc->setActiveFileTags(activeFileTags);
     bc->setProducts(QStringList());
 
     const Core::Id buildStep = Core::Id(ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_BUILD);
@@ -372,6 +374,12 @@ void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildFiles(QbsProject *project, const QStringList
     bc->setChangedFiles(QStringList());
 }
 
+void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildSingleFile(QbsProject *project, const QString &file)
+{
+    buildFiles(project, QStringList(file), QStringList()
+               << QLatin1String("obj") << QLatin1String("hpp"));
+}
+
 void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildProducts(QbsProject *project, const QStringList &products)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(project, return);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.h b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.h
index 9951f30a2faf31ddca47ce489282c6bde0116930..807b29b5d4e532b71346c774ddf335b1b9e9935d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.h
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ private slots:
     void reparseCurrentProject();
 
 private:
-    void buildFiles(QbsProject *project, const QStringList &files);
+    void buildFiles(QbsProject *project, const QStringList &files,
+                    const QStringList &activeFileTags);
+    void buildSingleFile(QbsProject *project, const QString &file);
     void buildProducts(QbsProject *project, const QStringList &products);
 
     QbsManager *m_manager;