diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineClient.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineClient.cpp
index a57e4fe8c2..38eef8d39e 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineClient.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineClient.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 #include "jucer_ProjectBuildInfo.h"
 #include "jucer_ClientServerMessages.h"
 #include "jucer_CompileEngineClient.h"
-#include "../LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineServer.h"
+#include "jucer_CompileEngineServer.h"
+#include "jucer_CompileEngineSettings.h"
 
 #ifndef RUN_CLANG_IN_CHILD_PROCESS
  #error
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineSettings.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineSettings.h
index f197d4ecbb..fbb252864c 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineSettings.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineSettings.h
@@ -106,4 +106,5 @@ private:
     }
 
     //==============================================================================
+    JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (CompileEngineSettings)
 };
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/UI/jucer_ProjectContentComponent.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/UI/jucer_ProjectContentComponent.cpp
index a9d36293e2..79f6cd5334 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/UI/jucer_ProjectContentComponent.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/UI/jucer_ProjectContentComponent.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "../../Application/jucer_Headers.h"
 #include "jucer_ProjectContentComponent.h"
 #include "../../LiveBuildEngine/jucer_DownloadCompileEngineThread.h"
+#include "../../LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineSettings.h"
 
 #include "jucer_HeaderComponent.h"
 #include "Sidebar/jucer_TabComponents.h"
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.cpp
index fa3676a73c..e28243e85a 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "jucer_Project.h"
 #include "../ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectSaver.h"
 #include "../Application/jucer_Application.h"
+#include "../LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineSettings.h"
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ Project::Project (const File& f)
 
     projectRoot.addListener (this);
 
+    compileEngineSettings.reset (new CompileEngineSettings (projectRoot));
+
     setChangedFlag (false);
     modificationTime = getFile().getLastModificationTime();
 }
@@ -579,6 +582,8 @@ Result Project::loadDocument (const File& file)
     if (! ProjucerApplication::getApp().isRunningCommandLine)
         warnAboutOldProjucerVersion();
 
+    compileEngineSettings.reset (new CompileEngineSettings (projectRoot));
+
     return Result::ok();
 }
 
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.h
index be5230462e..7e640a2a96 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Project/jucer_Project.h
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "jucer_ProjectType.h"
-#include "../LiveBuildEngine/jucer_CompileEngineSettings.h"
 
 class ProjectExporter;
 class LibraryModule;
 class EnabledModuleList;
 class ProjectContentComponent;
+class CompileEngineSettings;
 
 //==============================================================================
 class Project  : public FileBasedDocument,
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public:
     bool shouldSendGUIBuilderAnalyticsEvent() noexcept;
 
     //==============================================================================
-    CompileEngineSettings& getCompileEngineSettings()    { return compileEngineSettings; }
+    CompileEngineSettings& getCompileEngineSettings()    { return *compileEngineSettings; }
 
 private:
     ValueTree projectRoot  { Ids::JUCERPROJECT };
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ private:
                      pluginAUMainTypeValue, pluginRTASCategoryValue, pluginVSTCategoryValue, pluginVST3CategoryValue, pluginAAXCategoryValue;
 
     //==============================================================================
-    CompileEngineSettings compileEngineSettings  { projectRoot };
+    ScopedPointer<CompileEngineSettings> compileEngineSettings;
 
     //==============================================================================
     bool shouldWriteLegacyPluginFormatSettings = false;