diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemoconstants.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemoconstants.h
index 4661e29aca29fb4d75cea708a741f52fbd50ff5f..afae1bfbc6680112d02b5562e19ad1d6ffa035b2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemoconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemoconstants.h
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@
 #ifndef MAEMOCONSTANTS_H
 #define MAEMOCONSTANTS_H
 
+#include <QLatin1String>
+
 namespace Qt4ProjectManager {
-    namespace Internal {
+namespace Internal {
+
+enum QemuStatus { QemuStarting, QemuFailedToStart, QemuFinished, QemuCrashed };
 
 #define PREFIX "Qt4ProjectManager.MaemoRunConfiguration"
 
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ static const QLatin1String LastDeployedKey(PREFIX ".LastDeployed");
 static const QLatin1String DebuggingHelpersLastDeployedKey(PREFIX ".DebuggingHelpersLastDeployed");
 static const QLatin1String ProFileKey(".ProFile");
 
-    } // namespace Internal
+} // namespace Internal
 } // namespace Qt4ProjectManager
 
 #endif  // MAEMOCONSTANTS_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemomanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemomanager.cpp
index 4c25e303d0b8debd3fe335163c52aa761005eb83..d5f36137c67c71e836cc4d2c58b3829e0e132f55 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemomanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemomanager.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QTextStream>
 
 #include <QtGui/QAction>
+#include <QtGui/QMessageBox>
 
 namespace Qt4ProjectManager {
     namespace Internal {
@@ -187,20 +188,55 @@ MaemoManager::triggered()
 }
 
 void
-MaemoManager::updateQemuSimulatorStarter(bool running)
+MaemoManager::qemuStatusChanged(QemuStatus status, const QString &error)
 {
-    if (m_qemuAction) {
-        QIcon::State state = QIcon::Off;
-        QString toolTip(tr("Start Maemo Emulator"));
-        if (running) {
-            state = QIcon::On;
-            toolTip = tr("Stop Maemo Emulator");
-        }
+    if (!m_qemuAction)
+        return;
 
-        m_qemuAction->setToolTip(toolTip);
-        m_qemuAction->setIcon(icon.pixmap(iconSize, QIcon::Normal, state));
+    bool running;
+    QString message;
+    switch (status) {
+    case QemuStarting:
+        running = true;
+        break;
+    case QemuFailedToStart:
+        running = false;
+        message = tr("Qemu failed to start: %1").arg(error);
+        break;
+    case QemuCrashed:
+        running = false;
+        message = tr("Qemu crashed");
+        break;
+    case QemuFinished:
+        running = false;
+        break;
+    default:
+        Q_ASSERT(!"Missing handling of Qemu status");
     }
+
+    if (!message.isEmpty())
+        QMessageBox::warning(0, tr("Qemu error"), message);
+    updateQemuIcon(running);
+}
+
+void MaemoManager::updateQemuIcon(bool running)
+{
+    if (!m_qemuAction)
+        return;
+
+    QIcon::State state;
+    QString toolTip;
+    if (running) {
+        state = QIcon::On;
+        toolTip = tr("Stop Maemo Emulator");
+    } else {
+        state = QIcon::Off;
+        toolTip = tr("Start Maemo Emulator");
+    }
+
+    m_qemuAction->setToolTip(toolTip);
+    m_qemuAction->setIcon(icon.pixmap(iconSize, QIcon::Normal, state));
 }
 
-    } // namespace Internal
+} // namespace Internal
 } // namespace Qt4ProjectManager
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemomanager.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemomanager.h
index 9d8a70839f04118acf7a5e0855597494bb5aac92..88b0f4f90dc7764096144364e90a746e753c41cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemomanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemomanager.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #ifndef MAEMOMANAGER_H
 #define MAEMOMANAGER_H
 
+#include "maemoconstants.h"
+
 #include <QtCore/QObject>
 #include <QtCore/QSet>
 
@@ -69,12 +71,13 @@ public:
     void removeQemuSimulatorStarter(Project *project);
 
     void setQemuSimulatorStarterEnabled(bool state);
+    void updateQemuIcon(bool running);
 
     MaemoSettingsPage *settingsPage() const { return m_settingsPage; }
 
 public slots:
     void triggered();
-    void updateQemuSimulatorStarter(bool running);
+    void qemuStatusChanged(QemuStatus status, const QString &error);
 
 signals:
     void startStopQemu();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
index 89df7fb9af54032a5963f181771760e3facb429e..f26690eadaa44ee80d7231adc8724e24c4aec1ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -100,13 +100,16 @@ void MaemoRunConfiguration::init()
         this, SLOT(proFileUpdate(Qt4ProjectManager::Internal::Qt4ProFileNode*)));
 
     qemu = new QProcess(this);
+    connect(qemu, SIGNAL(error(QProcess::ProcessError)), this,
+        SLOT(qemuProcessError(QProcess::ProcessError)));
     connect(qemu, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)), this,
         SLOT(qemuProcessFinished()));
 
     connect(&MaemoManager::instance(), SIGNAL(startStopQemu()), this,
         SLOT(startStopQemu()));
-    connect(this, SIGNAL(qemuProcessStatus(bool)), &MaemoManager::instance(),
-        SLOT(updateQemuSimulatorStarter(bool)));
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(qemuProcessStatus(QemuStatus, QString)),
+        &MaemoManager::instance(),
+        SLOT(qemuStatusChanged(QemuStatus,QString)));
 }
 
 MaemoRunConfiguration::~MaemoRunConfiguration()
@@ -475,7 +478,6 @@ void MaemoRunConfiguration::startStopQemu()
         if (qemu->state() == QProcess::Running) {
             qemu->terminate();
             qemu->kill();
-            emit qemuProcessStatus(false);
         }
         return;
     }
@@ -505,12 +507,20 @@ void MaemoRunConfiguration::startStopQemu()
     ;   // keep
 
     qemu->start(app % QLatin1Char(' ') % simulatorArgs(), QIODevice::ReadWrite);
-    emit qemuProcessStatus(qemu->waitForStarted());
+    emit qemuProcessStatus(QemuStarting);
 }
 
 void MaemoRunConfiguration::qemuProcessFinished()
 {
-    emit qemuProcessStatus(false);
+    const QemuStatus status
+        = qemu->exitStatus() == QProcess::CrashExit ? QemuCrashed : QemuFinished;
+    emit qemuProcessStatus(status);
+}
+
+void MaemoRunConfiguration::qemuProcessError(QProcess::ProcessError error)
+{
+    if (error == QProcess::FailedToStart)
+        emit qemuProcessStatus(QemuFailedToStart, qemu->errorString());
 }
 
 void MaemoRunConfiguration::updateDeviceConfigurations()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.h
index 1e39b54395d87721bc72367f0b78e4719176e04c..66949259a70cdeecb9c99d27391a5dee5cd3a98b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunconfiguration.h
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@
 #ifndef MAEMORUNCONFIGURATION_H
 #define MAEMORUNCONFIGURATION_H
 
+#include "maemoconstants.h"
 #include "maemodeviceconfigurations.h"
 
 #include <projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/QDateTime>
+#include <QtCore/QProcess>
 #include <QtCore/QStringList>
 
 QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QProcess)
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ signals:
     void deviceConfigurationChanged(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
     void targetInformationChanged() const;
     void cachedSimulatorInformationChanged() const;
-    void qemuProcessStatus(bool running);
+    void qemuProcessStatus(QemuStatus, const QString &error = QString());
 
 protected:
     MaemoRunConfiguration(Qt4Target *parent, MaemoRunConfiguration *source);
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ private slots:
 
     void startStopQemu();
     void qemuProcessFinished();
+    void qemuProcessError(QProcess::ProcessError error);
 
 private:
     void init();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunfactories.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunfactories.cpp
index 9ef5380410c3f25a8355d46ee968ade1c110c2a0..6dc3b6c170eb18790492a9c105126fc45679481c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunfactories.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-maemo/maemorunfactories.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ void MaemoRunConfigurationFactory::updateMaemoEmulatorStarter(Target *target) co
         }
     }
 
-    MaemoManager::instance().updateQemuSimulatorStarter(isRunning);
+    MaemoManager::instance().updateQemuIcon(isRunning);
     MaemoManager::instance().setQemuSimulatorStarterEnabled(enable);
 }