diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/config.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/config.cpp
index e86fb33930..1ecfb6ddaf 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/config.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/config.cpp
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ QStringList Config::getExampleQdocFiles(const QSet<QString> &excludedDirs,
                                         const QSet<QString> &excludedFiles)
 {
     QStringList result;
-    QStringList dirs = getStringList("exampledirs");
+    QStringList dirs = getCanonicalRelativePathList("exampledirs");
     QString nameFilter = " *.qdoc";
 
     QStringList::ConstIterator d = dirs.constBegin();
@@ -518,6 +518,21 @@ QStringList Config::getExampleQdocFiles(const QSet<QString> &excludedDirs,
     return result;
 }
 
+QStringList Config::getExampleImageFiles(const QSet<QString> &excludedDirs,
+                                         const QSet<QString> &excludedFiles)
+{
+    QStringList result;
+    QStringList dirs = getCanonicalRelativePathList("exampledirs");
+    QString nameFilter = getString(CONFIG_EXAMPLES + dot + QLatin1String(CONFIG_IMAGEEXTENSIONS));
+
+    QStringList::ConstIterator d = dirs.constBegin();
+    while (d != dirs.constEnd()) {
+        result += getFilesHere(*d, nameFilter, location(), excludedDirs, excludedFiles);
+        ++d;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 /*!
   \a fileName is the path of the file to find.
 
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/config.h b/src/tools/qdoc/config.h
index 9f49c7682d..31e073730e 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/config.h
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/config.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ public:
                             const QSet<QString> &excludedDirs = QSet<QString>(),
                             const QSet<QString> &excludedFiles = QSet<QString>());
     QStringList getExampleQdocFiles(const QSet<QString> &excludedDirs, const QSet<QString> &excludedFiles);
+    QStringList getExampleImageFiles(const QSet<QString> &excludedDirs, const QSet<QString> &excludedFiles);
+
     static QStringList getFilesHere(const QString& dir,
                                     const QString& nameFilter,
                                     const Location &location = Location(),
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/generator.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/generator.cpp
index d40fec81f4..830ac06908 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/generator.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/generator.cpp
@@ -1405,9 +1405,12 @@ QStringList Generator::getMetadataElements(const InnerNode* inner, const QString
 QString Generator::imageFileName(const Node *relative, const QString& fileBase)
 {
     QString userFriendlyFilePath;
-    QString filePath = Config::findFile(
-                relative->doc().location(), imageFiles, imageDirs, fileBase,
-                imgFileExts[format()], userFriendlyFilePath);
+    QString filePath = Config::findFile(relative->doc().location(),
+                                        imageFiles,
+                                        imageDirs,
+                                        fileBase,
+                                        imgFileExts[format()],
+                                        userFriendlyFilePath);
 
     if (filePath.isEmpty())
         return QString();
@@ -1620,6 +1623,21 @@ void Generator::initialize(const Config &config)
         outputPrefixes[QLatin1String("QML")] = QLatin1String("qml-");
 }
 
+/*!
+  Appends each directory path in \a moreImageDirs to the
+  list of image directories.
+ */
+void Generator::augmentImageDirs(QSet<QString>& moreImageDirs)
+{
+    if (moreImageDirs.isEmpty())
+        return;
+    QSet<QString>::const_iterator i = moreImageDirs.begin();
+    while (i != moreImageDirs.end()) {
+        imageDirs.append(*i);
+        ++i;
+    }
+}
+
 void Generator::initializeGenerator(const Config & /* config */)
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/generator.h b/src/tools/qdoc/generator.h
index 1b25dc48cd..344112e956 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/generator.h
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/generator.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public:
     static const QString& outputDir() { return outDir_; }
     static void terminate();
     static void writeOutFileNames();
+    static void augmentImageDirs(QSet<QString>& moreImageDirs);
 
 protected:
     virtual void beginSubPage(const InnerNode* node, const QString& fileName);
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
index e9ab11d4d6..ea42b3f4f3 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
@@ -165,10 +165,8 @@ static void processQdocconfFile(const QString &fileName)
         ++i;
     }
     config.setStringList(CONFIG_SYNTAXHIGHLIGHTING, QStringList(highlighting ? "true" : "false"));
-    config.setStringList(CONFIG_SHOWINTERNAL,
-                         QStringList(showInternal ? "true" : "false"));
-    config.setStringList(CONFIG_OBSOLETELINKS,
-                         QStringList(obsoleteLinks ? "true" : "false"));
+    config.setStringList(CONFIG_SHOWINTERNAL, QStringList(showInternal ? "true" : "false"));
+    config.setStringList(CONFIG_OBSOLETELINKS, QStringList(obsoleteLinks ? "true" : "false"));
 
     /*
       With the default configuration values in place, load
@@ -372,6 +370,18 @@ static void processQdocconfFile(const QString &fileName)
         }
     }
 
+    QSet<QString> exampleImageDirs;
+    QStringList exampleImageList = config.getExampleImageFiles(excludedDirs, excludedFiles);
+    for (int i=0; i<exampleImageList.size(); ++i) {
+        if (exampleImageList[i].contains("doc/images")) {
+            QString t = exampleImageList[i].left(exampleImageList[i].lastIndexOf("doc/images")+10);
+            if (!exampleImageDirs.contains(t)) {
+                exampleImageDirs.insert(t);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Generator::augmentImageDirs(exampleImageDirs);
+
     /*
       Parse each header file in the set using the appropriate parser and add it
       to the big tree.