diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index a4a1f9d016df0d5487fa207c19df9ce988ccc50b..d04e1338801907c547f3a51de96bd6ee0e3f8d0f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -2161,8 +2161,6 @@ BuildConfigDialog::BuildConfigDialog(Project *project, QWidget *parent)
     ));
     descriptiveText->setWordWrap(true);
     vlayout->addWidget(descriptiveText);
-    QHBoxLayout *hlayout = new QHBoxLayout;
-    hlayout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Choose build configuration:")));
     m_configCombo = new QComboBox;
     QSharedPointer<RunConfiguration> activeRun = m_project->activeRunConfiguration();
     foreach (BuildConfiguration *config, m_project->buildConfigurations()) {
@@ -2176,10 +2174,12 @@ BuildConfigDialog::BuildConfigDialog(Project *project, QWidget *parent)
         m_changeBuildConfiguration->setEnabled(false);
     }
 
-
-    hlayout->addWidget(m_configCombo);
-    hlayout->addStretch(10);
-    vlayout->addLayout(hlayout);
+    QFormLayout *formlayout = new QFormLayout;
+    formlayout->addRow(ActiveConfigurationWidget::tr("Active run configuration"),
+                       // ^ avoiding a new translatable string for active run configuration
+                       new QLabel(activeRun->name()));
+    formlayout->addRow(tr("Choose build configuration:"), m_configCombo);
+    vlayout->addLayout(formlayout);
     vlayout->addWidget(buttonBox);
     m_cancel->setDefault(true);
 }