diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakermodel.cpp b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakermodel.cpp
index c74fcd27cc3..4fcb6686a76 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/effectmakermodel.cpp
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@ QJsonObject nodeToJson(const CompositionNode &node)
         QString type = Uniform::stringFromType(uniform->type());
         uniformObject.insert("type", type);
 
+        if (!uniform->displayName().isEmpty())
+            uniformObject.insert("displayName", QString(uniform->displayName()));
+
         QString value = variantAsDataString(uniform->type(), uniform->value());
         if (uniform->type() == Uniform::Type::Sampler)
             value = QFileInfo(value).fileName();
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.cpp b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.cpp
index be10cc7f421..e9084f27991 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ QString Uniform::description() const
     return m_description;
 }
 
+QString Uniform::displayName() const
+{
+    return m_displayName;
+}
+
 QString Uniform::customValue() const
 {
     return m_customValue;
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
index 7216c6d9d6b..2aa35d499d9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public:
 
     QString name() const;
     QString description() const;
+    QString displayName() const;
 
     QString customValue() const;
     void setCustomValue(const QString &newCustomValue);