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>cmakeutils.h</include>
   <kcfgfile name="kdeveloprc"/>
   <group name="CMakeBuilder">
     <entry name="cmakeExe" key="cmakeExe" type="String">
-        <default></default>
+        <default code="true">CMake::findExecutable()</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 +1,6 @@
 File=cmakebuilderconfig.kcfg
 ClassName=CMakeBuilderSettings
 Singleton=true
-Mutators=true
\ No newline at end of file
+Mutators=true
+SetUserTexts=true
+ItemAccessors=true
diff --git a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.cpp b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.cpp
--- a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.cpp
+++ b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
     m_prefsUi->kcfg_cmakeExe->setFilter("*.exe");
 #endif
 
+    m_prefsUi->kcfg_cmakeExe->setToolTip(CMakeBuilderSettings::self()->cmakeExeItem()->whatsThis());
+    m_prefsUi->label1->setToolTip(CMakeBuilderSettings::self()->cmakeExeItem()->whatsThis());
+
     foreach(const QString& generator, CMakeBuilder::supportedGenerators())
         m_prefsUi->kcfg_generator->addItem(generator);
 }
diff --git a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.ui b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.ui
--- a/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.ui
+++ b/projectbuilders/cmakebuilder/cmakebuilderpreferences.ui
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>KUrlRequester</class>
+   <extends>QFrame</extends>
+   <header>kurlrequester.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>