diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/CoreModelUtil.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/CoreModelUtil.java
index a440c9fadce..ac6f94f231f 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/CoreModelUtil.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/core/model/CoreModelUtil.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.index.IIndexFileLocation;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.index.IndexLocationFactory;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICConfigurationDescription;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICProjectDescription;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICTargetPlatformSetting;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
@@ -718,4 +719,37 @@ public class CoreModelUtil {
     	
 		return (ICConfigurationDescription[]) result.toArray(new ICConfigurationDescription[result.size()]);
 	}
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns binary parser IDs for configurations
+     * @param cfgs - array of configurations where we need search
+     * @return - array of binary parser ids (Strings)
+     */
+	public static String[] getBinaryParserIds(ICConfigurationDescription[] cfgs) {
+		if (cfgs ==  null || cfgs.length == 0) 
+			return null;
+		ArrayList pids = new ArrayList();
+		for (int i=0; i<cfgs.length; i++) {
+			ICTargetPlatformSetting tps = cfgs[i].getTargetPlatformSetting();
+			String[] ids = tps.getBinaryParserIds();
+			for (int j = 0; j < ids.length; j++) {
+				if (!pids.contains(ids[j]))
+					pids.add(ids[j]);
+			}				
+		}
+		return (String[])pids.toArray(new String[pids.size()]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets binary parser ID list to given configurations
+	 * @param cfgs - array of configurations where we need search
+	 * @param pids - array of binary parser ids (Strings)
+	 */
+	public static void setBinaryParserIds(ICConfigurationDescription[] cfgs, String[] pids) {
+		if (cfgs ==  null || cfgs.length == 0)
+			return;
+		for (int i=0; i<cfgs.length; i++) {
+			cfgs[i].getTargetPlatformSetting().setBinaryParserIds(pids);
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/CConfigBasedDescriptor.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/CConfigBasedDescriptor.java
index 6e3b5a328ea..d8b5a56d50a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/CConfigBasedDescriptor.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/CConfigBasedDescriptor.java
@@ -203,7 +203,26 @@ public class CConfigBasedDescriptor implements ICDescriptor {
 	}
 
 	public ICExtensionReference[] get(String extensionPoint) {
-		ICConfigExtensionReference cfgRefs[] = fCfgDes.get(extensionPoint);
+		ICConfigExtensionReference[] rs = fCfgDes.get(extensionPoint);
+		ArrayList refs = new ArrayList();
+		refs.addAll(Arrays.asList(rs));
+		
+		ICConfigurationDescription[] cfgs = 
+			fCfgDes.getProjectDescription().getConfigurations();
+		
+		for (int i=0; i<cfgs.length; i++) {
+			if (!fCfgDes.equals(cfgs[i])) {
+				rs = cfgs[i].get(extensionPoint); 
+				for (int j=0; j<rs.length; j++) {
+					if (!refs.contains(rs[j]))
+						refs.add(rs[j]);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		ICConfigExtensionReference cfgRefs[] = 
+			(ICConfigExtensionReference[])refs.toArray(
+					new ICConfigExtensionReference[refs.size()]);
+
 		if(cfgRefs.length == 0){
 			return new ICExtensionReference[0];
 		}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/BinaryParsTab.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/BinaryParsTab.java
index 3b2565114fe..97adabe8593 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/BinaryParsTab.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/BinaryParsTab.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table;
 import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.CCorePlugin;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.CoreModelUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICResourceDescription;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICTargetPlatformSetting;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CUIPlugin;
@@ -71,8 +72,6 @@ public class BinaryParsTab extends AbstractCPropertyTab {
 	protected CheckboxTableViewer tv;
 	protected Composite parserGroup;
 	
-	private ICTargetPlatformSetting tps;
-	
 	protected class BinaryParserConfiguration {
 		IExtension fExtension;
 		public BinaryParserConfiguration(IExtension extension) { fExtension = extension; }
@@ -168,8 +167,7 @@ public class BinaryParsTab extends AbstractCPropertyTab {
     }
 
 	public void updateData(ICResourceDescription cfgd) {
-		tps = cfgd.getConfiguration().getTargetPlatformSetting(); 
-		String[] ids = tps.getBinaryParserIds();
+		String[] ids = CoreModelUtil.getBinaryParserIds(page.getCfgsEditable());
 		Object[] data = new Object[configMap.size()];
 		HashMap clone = new HashMap(configMap);
 		// add checked elements
@@ -295,7 +293,7 @@ public class BinaryParsTab extends AbstractCPropertyTab {
 	}
 	
 	protected void performDefaults() { 
-		tps.setBinaryParserIds(null);
+		CoreModelUtil.setBinaryParserIds(page.getCfgsEditable(), null);
 		informPages(false); 
 		updateData(getResDesc());
 	}	
@@ -304,7 +302,6 @@ public class BinaryParsTab extends AbstractCPropertyTab {
 		IProgressMonitor mon = new NullProgressMonitor();
 		Iterator it = fParserPageMap.values().iterator();
 		
-		
 		while (it.hasNext()) {
 			try {
 				ICOptionPage dynamicPage = ((BinaryParserPageConfiguration)it.next()).getPage();
@@ -358,7 +355,7 @@ public class BinaryParsTab extends AbstractCPropertyTab {
 				ids[i] = ((BinaryParserConfiguration)objs[i]).getID();
 			}
 		}
-		if (tps != null) tps.setBinaryParserIds(ids);
+		CoreModelUtil.setBinaryParserIds(page.getCfgsEditable(), ids);
 	}
 	// This page can be displayed for project only
 	public boolean canBeVisible() {