diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/servernodeinstance.cpp b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/servernodeinstance.cpp
index aa114f38af7..dea11cb83e8 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/servernodeinstance.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/servernodeinstance.cpp
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ QList<ServerNodeInstance> ServerNodeInstance::childItems() const
     return m_nodeInstance->childItems();
 }
 
+QQuickItem *ServerNodeInstance::rootQuickItem() const
+{
+    return qobject_cast<QQuickItem*>(internalObject());
+}
+
 QString ServerNodeInstance::id() const
 {
     return m_nodeInstance->id();
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/servernodeinstance.h b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/servernodeinstance.h
index ddee8202b8f..63a0af48ef0 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/servernodeinstance.h
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qml/qmlpuppet/qml2puppet/instances/servernodeinstance.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ public:
 
     QList<ServerNodeInstance> childItems() const;
 
+    QQuickItem *rootQuickItem() const;
     QString id() const;
     qint32 instanceId() const;