diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp b/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
index 7c20bb8492..386bd6cc40 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakeevaluator.cpp
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ ProString QMakeEvaluator::first(const ProKey &variableName) const
 QMakeEvaluator::VisitReturn QMakeEvaluator::evaluateFile(
         const QString &fileName, QMakeHandler::EvalFileType type, LoadFlags flags)
 {
-    if (ProFile *pro = m_parser->parsedProFile(fileName, true)) {
+    if (ProFile *pro = m_parser->parsedProFile(fileName, QMakeParser::ParseUseCache)) {
         m_locationStack.push(m_current);
         VisitReturn ok = visitProFile(pro, type, flags);
         m_current = m_locationStack.pop();
diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakeparser.cpp b/qmake/library/qmakeparser.cpp
index 35533864eb..67594625dc 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakeparser.cpp
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakeparser.cpp
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ QMakeParser::QMakeParser(ProFileCache *cache, QMakeVfs *vfs, QMakeParserHandler
     initialize();
 }
 
-ProFile *QMakeParser::parsedProFile(const QString &fileName, bool cache)
+ProFile *QMakeParser::parsedProFile(const QString &fileName, ParseFlags flags)
 {
     ProFile *pro;
-    if (cache && m_cache) {
+    if ((flags & ParseUseCache) && m_cache) {
         ProFileCache::Entry *ent;
 #ifdef PROPARSER_THREAD_SAFE
         QMutexLocker locker(&m_cache->mutex);
diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakeparser.h b/qmake/library/qmakeparser.h
index e3da05cc9e..e9b0b76b3c 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakeparser.h
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakeparser.h
@@ -87,11 +87,17 @@ public:
     // Call this from a concurrency-free context
     static void initialize();
 
+    enum ParseFlag {
+        ParseDefault = 0,
+        ParseUseCache = 1
+    };
+    Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(ParseFlags, ParseFlag)
+
     QMakeParser(ProFileCache *cache, QMakeVfs *vfs, QMakeParserHandler *handler);
 
     enum SubGrammar { FullGrammar, TestGrammar, ValueGrammar };
     // fileName is expected to be absolute and cleanPath()ed.
-    ProFile *parsedProFile(const QString &fileName, bool cache = false);
+    ProFile *parsedProFile(const QString &fileName, ParseFlags flags = ParseDefault);
     ProFile *parsedProBlock(const QString &contents, const QString &name, int line = 0,
                             SubGrammar grammar = FullGrammar);
 
@@ -184,6 +190,8 @@ private:
     friend class ProFileCache;
 };
 
+Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(QMakeParser::ParseFlags)
+
 class QMAKE_EXPORT ProFileCache
 {
 public: