diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelview.cpp
index 868327344ae..e0356c8be39 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelview.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,12 @@ QmlItemNode QmlModelView::createQmlItemNode(const ItemLibraryEntry &itemLibraryE
 
             if (!itemLibraryEntry.requiredImport().isEmpty()) {
                 const QString newImportVersion = QString("%1.%2").arg(QString::number(itemLibraryEntry.majorVersion()), QString::number(itemLibraryEntry.minorVersion()));
+
                 Import newImport = Import::createLibraryImport(newImportUrl, newImportVersion);
+                if (itemLibraryEntry.majorVersion() == -1 && itemLibraryEntry.minorVersion() == -1)
+                    newImport = Import::createFileImport(newImportUrl, QString());
+                else
+                    newImport = Import::createLibraryImport(newImportUrl, newImportVersion);
 
                 foreach (const Import &import, model()->imports()) {
                     if (import.isLibraryImport()