diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmltimeline.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmltimeline.h
index 59342bcb044..1d9bb4b718f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmltimeline.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmltimeline.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ public:
     bool hasKeyframeGroup(const ModelNode &node, const PropertyName &propertyName) const;
     bool hasKeyframeGroupForTarget(const ModelNode &node) const;
 
+    void insertKeyframe(const ModelNode &target, const PropertyName &propertyName);
+
 private:
     void addKeyframeGroupIfNotExists(const ModelNode &node, const PropertyName &propertyName);
     QList<QmlTimelineKeyframeGroup> allKeyframeGroups() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltimeline.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltimeline.cpp
index 68738b06de4..d84f3387411 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltimeline.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmltimeline.cpp
@@ -294,6 +294,19 @@ bool QmlTimeline::hasKeyframeGroupForTarget(const ModelNode &node) const
     return false;
 }
 
+void QmlTimeline::insertKeyframe(const ModelNode &target, const PropertyName &propertyName)
+{
+    ModelNode targetNode = target;
+    QmlTimelineKeyframeGroup timelineFrames(keyframeGroup(targetNode, propertyName));
+
+    QTC_ASSERT(timelineFrames.isValid(), return );
+
+    const qreal frame = modelNode().auxiliaryData("currentFrame@NodeInstance").toReal();
+    const QVariant value = QmlObjectNode(targetNode).instanceValue(propertyName);
+
+    timelineFrames.setValue(value, frame);
+}
+
 QList<QmlTimelineKeyframeGroup> QmlTimeline::allKeyframeGroups() const
 {
     QList<QmlTimelineKeyframeGroup> returnList;