diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
index 5870927d529..f1afe3cf664 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ void DesignerSettings::fromSettings(QSettings *settings)
     restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::STANDALONE_MODE, false);
     restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::ENABLE_TIMELINEVIEW, false);
     restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::SIMPLE_COLOR_PALETTE_CONTENT, QStringList());
+    restoreValue(settings, DesignerSettingsKey::ALWAYS_DESIGN_MODE, true);
 
     settings->endGroup();
     settings->endGroup();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
index 410abc267e2..ec4dc1f7e58 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const char IGNORE_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO[] = "IgnoreDevicePixelRaio"; /* The setting
 const char STANDALONE_MODE[] = "StandAloneMode";
 const char ENABLE_TIMELINEVIEW[] = "EnableTimelineView";
 const char SIMPLE_COLOR_PALETTE_CONTENT[] = "SimpleColorPaletteContent";
+const char ALWAYS_DESIGN_MODE[] = "AlwaysDesignMode";
 }
 
 class DesignerSettings : public QHash<QByteArray, QVariant>
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
index 1f14969dfca..928c19b02c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ QtQuickDesignerFactory::QtQuickDesignerFactory()
     addMimeType(QmlJSTools::Constants::QMLUI_MIMETYPE);
     setDocumentCreator([this]() {
         auto document = new QmlJSEditor::QmlJSEditorDocument(id());
-        document->setIsDesignModePreferred(true);
+        document->setIsDesignModePreferred(
+                    QmlDesigner::DesignerSettings::getValue(
+                        QmlDesigner::DesignerSettingsKey::ALWAYS_DESIGN_MODE).toBool());
         return document;
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/settingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/settingspage.cpp
index a7d6bc2bb09..6cfc1ebf457 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/settingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/settingspage.cpp
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ DesignerSettings SettingsPageWidget::settings() const
         m_ui.showWarnExceptionsCheckBox->isChecked());
     settings.insert(DesignerSettingsKey::ENABLE_TIMELINEVIEW,
                     m_ui.featureTimelineEditorCheckBox->isChecked());
+    settings.insert(DesignerSettingsKey::ALWAYS_DESIGN_MODE,
+                    m_ui.designerAlwaysDesignModeCheckBox->isChecked());
 
     return settings;
 }
@@ -226,13 +228,15 @@ void SettingsPageWidget::setSettings(const DesignerSettings &settings)
 
     m_ui.controls2StyleComboBox->setCurrentText(m_ui.styleLineEdit->text());
 
+    m_ui.designerAlwaysDesignModeCheckBox->setChecked(settings.value(
+        DesignerSettingsKey::ALWAYS_DESIGN_MODE).toBool());
     m_ui.featureTimelineEditorCheckBox->setChecked(settings.value(
         DesignerSettingsKey::ENABLE_TIMELINEVIEW).toBool());
 
     if (settings.value(DesignerSettingsKey::STANDALONE_MODE).toBool()) {
         m_ui.emulationGroupBox->hide();
         m_ui.debugGroupBox->hide();
-        m_ui.featuresGroupBox->hide();
+        m_ui.featureTimelineEditorCheckBox->hide();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/settingspage.ui b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/settingspage.ui
index 7da62b300aa..dabe3df7348 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/settingspage.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/settingspage.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>685</width>
-    <height>555</height>
+    <width>960</width>
+    <height>840</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -415,14 +415,21 @@
      <property name="title">
       <string>Features</string>
      </property>
-     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
-      <item>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_6">
+      <item row="0" column="1">
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="featureTimelineEditorCheckBox">
         <property name="text">
          <string>Enable Timeline editor</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="0" column="0">
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="designerAlwaysDesignModeCheckBox">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Always open ui.qml files in Design mode</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>