diff --git a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderconfig.kcfg b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderconfig.kcfg
--- a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderconfig.kcfg
+++ b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderconfig.kcfg
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
       http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd">
+  <include>QStandardPaths</include>
   <kcfgfile name="kdeveloprc"/>
   <group name="CMakeBuilder">
     <entry name="cmakeExe" key="cmakeExe" type="String">
-        <default></default>
+        <default code="true">QStandardPaths::findExecutable("cmake")</default>
+        <whatsthis>The path to the default CMake executable.</whatsthis>
     </entry>
     <entry name="generator" key="generator" type="Int">
         <default>0</default>
diff --git a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderconfig.kcfgc b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderconfig.kcfgc
--- a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderconfig.kcfgc
+++ b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderconfig.kcfgc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 File=cmakebuilderconfig.kcfg
 ClassName=CMakeBuilderSettings
 Singleton=true
-Mutators=true
\ No newline at end of file
+Mutators=true
+SetUserTexts=true
diff --git a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.ui b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.ui
--- a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.ui
+++ b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.ui
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
   <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
    <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label1">
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string>The path to the default CMake executable.</string>
+     </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Default CMake executable:</string>
      </property>
@@ -26,6 +29,9 @@
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string>The path to the default CMake executable.</string>
+     </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="0">
@@ -40,6 +46,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>KUrlRequester</class>
+   <extends>QFrame</extends>
+   <header>kurlrequester.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>