diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
index 87e0cc4d711..e018e7bf31a 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/objectnodeinstance.cpp
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ QObject *ObjectNodeInstance::createComponent(const QString &componentPath, QQmlC
             qWarning() << error;
     }
 
+    object->setProperty("__designer_url__", QUrl::fromLocalFile(componentPath));
+
     return object;
 }