4 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
index 91cbfc4351..add3f56fee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ void MakeStep::setUserArguments(const QString &args)
     m_userArguments = args;
 }
 
+QStringList MakeStep::autoArguments() const
+{
+    return {};
+}
+
 FilePath MakeStep::makeCommand() const
 {
     return m_makeCommand;
@@ -332,6 +337,7 @@ CommandLine MakeStep::effectiveMakeCommand() const
 {
     CommandLine cmd(m_makeCommand.isEmpty() ? defaultMakeCommand() : m_makeCommand);
 
+    cmd.addArgs(autoArguments());
     cmd.addArgs(m_userArguments, CommandLine::Raw);
     cmd.addArgs(jobArguments());
     cmd.addArgs(m_buildTargets);
@@ -422,6 +428,8 @@ MakeStepConfigWidget::MakeStepConfigWidget(MakeStep *makeStep)
             this, &MakeStepConfigWidget::updateDetails);
     connect(m_makeStep->buildConfiguration(), &BuildConfiguration::buildDirectoryChanged,
             this, &MakeStepConfigWidget::updateDetails);
+    connect(m_makeStep->project(), &Project::parsingFinished,
+            this, &MakeStepConfigWidget::updateDetails);
 
     Core::VariableChooser::addSupportForChildWidgets(this, m_makeStep->macroExpander());
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
index 9bde1c41a4..57482992ee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     bool fromMap(const QVariantMap &map) override;
+    virtual QStringList autoArguments() const;
 
 private:
     QVariantMap toMap() const override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
index ec318b63e6..e3d20491f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ void QmakeMakeStep::finish(bool success)
     MakeStep::finish(success);
 }
 
+QStringList QmakeMakeStep::autoArguments() const
+{
+    const auto bc = static_cast<QmakeBuildConfiguration *>(buildConfiguration());
+    if (bc && !bc->makefile().isEmpty())
+        return {"-f", bc->makefile()};
+    return {};
+}
+
 ///
 // QmakeMakeStepFactory
 ///
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.h
index a1bd2b1649..a1552bfe3c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ private:
     void finish(bool success) override;
     bool init() override;
     void doRun() override;
+    QStringList autoArguments() const override;
 
     bool m_scriptTarget = false;
     QString m_makeFileToCheck;