diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.cpp
index 0d575f50246..df8fc02bc01 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ void addSourceIds(SourceIds &sourceIds, const Storage::ProjectDatas &projectData
         sourceIds.push_back(projectData.sourceId);
 }
 
+void addDependencies(Storage::Imports &dependencies,
+                     SourceId sourceId,
+                     const QList<QmlDirParser::Import> &qmldirDependencies,
+                     ProjectStorageInterface &projectStorage)
+{
+    for (const QmlDirParser::Import &qmldirDependency : qmldirDependencies) {
+        ModuleId moduleId = projectStorage.moduleId(Utils::PathString{qmldirDependency.module}
+                                                    + "-cppnative");
+        dependencies.emplace_back(moduleId, Storage::Version{}, sourceId);
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 void ProjectStorageUpdater::update(QStringList qmlDirs, QStringList qmlTypesPaths)
@@ -157,6 +169,8 @@ void ProjectStorageUpdater::updateQmldirs(const QStringList &qmlDirs,
             if (!parser.typeInfos().isEmpty()) {
                 ModuleId cppModuleId = m_projectStorage.moduleId(moduleName + "-cppnative");
                 parseTypeInfos(parser.typeInfos(),
+                               parser.dependencies(),
+                               parser.imports(),
                                qmlDirSourceId,
                                directoryId,
                                cppModuleId,
@@ -195,6 +209,8 @@ void ProjectStorageUpdater::updateQmldirs(const QStringList &qmlDirs,
 void ProjectStorageUpdater::pathsWithIdsChanged(const std::vector<IdPaths> &idPaths) {}
 
 void ProjectStorageUpdater::parseTypeInfos(const QStringList &typeInfos,
+                                           const QList<QmlDirParser::Import> &qmldirDependencies,
+                                           const QList<QmlDirParser::Import> &qmldirImports,
                                            SourceId qmldirSourceId,
                                            SourceContextId directoryId,
                                            ModuleId moduleId,
@@ -209,6 +225,10 @@ void ProjectStorageUpdater::parseTypeInfos(const QStringList &typeInfos,
             {directory, "/", Utils::SmallString{typeInfo}});
         SourceId sourceId = m_pathCache.sourceId(SourcePathView{qmltypesPath});
 
+        addDependencies(package.moduleDependencies, sourceId, qmldirDependencies, m_projectStorage);
+        addDependencies(package.moduleDependencies, sourceId, qmldirImports, m_projectStorage);
+        package.updatedModuleDependencySourceIds.push_back(sourceId);
+
         auto projectData = package.projectDatas.emplace_back(qmldirSourceId,
                                                              sourceId,
                                                              moduleId,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h
index b8222517db6..8da6567cf2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ private:
                        SourceIds &notUpdatedSourceIds);
 
     void parseTypeInfos(const QStringList &typeInfos,
+                        const QList<QmlDirParser::Import> &qmldirDependencies,
+                        const QList<QmlDirParser::Import> &qmldirImports,
                         SourceId qmldirSourceId,
                         SourceContextId directoryId,
                         ModuleId moduleId,
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
index 0e598403e9c..b5e407dc2c7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ using QmlDesigner::Storage::TypeAccessSemantics;
 namespace Storage = QmlDesigner::Storage;
 using QmlDesigner::IdPaths;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::FileType;
+using QmlDesigner::Storage::Import;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::ProjectData;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::SynchronizationPackage;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::Version;
@@ -130,7 +131,9 @@ MATCHER(PackageIsEmpty, std::string(negation ? "isn't empty" : "is empty"))
 
     return package.imports.empty() && package.types.empty() && package.fileStatuses.empty()
            && package.updatedSourceIds.empty() && package.projectDatas.empty()
-           && package.updatedFileStatusSourceIds.empty() && package.updatedProjectSourceIds.empty();
+           && package.updatedFileStatusSourceIds.empty() && package.updatedProjectSourceIds.empty()
+           && package.moduleDependencies.empty() && package.updatedModuleDependencySourceIds.empty()
+           && package.moduleExportedImports.empty() && package.updatedModuleIds.empty();
 }
 
 class ProjectStorageUpdater : public testing::Test
@@ -1044,4 +1047,46 @@ TEST_F(ProjectStorageUpdater, SynchronizeQmlDocumentsWithRelativeFilePath)
     updater.update(qmlDirs, {});
 }
 
+TEST_F(ProjectStorageUpdater, SynchronizeQmldirDependencies)
+{
+    QString qmldir{R"(module Example
+                      depends  Qml
+                      depends  QML
+                      typeinfo example.qmltypes
+                      typeinfo types/example2.qmltypes
+                      )"};
+    ON_CALL(fileSystemMock, contentAsQString(Eq(QString("/path/qmldir")))).WillByDefault(Return(qmldir));
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(
+        projectStorageMock,
+        synchronize(AllOf(
+            Field(&SynchronizationPackage::moduleDependencies,
+                  UnorderedElementsAre(
+                      Import{qmlCppNativeModuleId, Storage::Version{}, qmltypesPathSourceId},
+                      Import{builtinCppNativeModuleId, Storage::Version{}, qmltypesPathSourceId},
+                      Import{qmlCppNativeModuleId, Storage::Version{}, qmltypes2PathSourceId},
+                      Import{builtinCppNativeModuleId, Storage::Version{}, qmltypes2PathSourceId})),
+            Field(&SynchronizationPackage::updatedModuleDependencySourceIds,
+                  UnorderedElementsAre(qmltypesPathSourceId, qmltypes2PathSourceId)))));
+
+    updater.update(qmlDirs, {});
+}
+
+TEST_F(ProjectStorageUpdater, SynchronizeQmldirWithNoDependencies)
+{
+    QString qmldir{R"(module Example
+                      typeinfo example.qmltypes
+                      typeinfo types/example2.qmltypes
+                      )"};
+    ON_CALL(fileSystemMock, contentAsQString(Eq(QString("/path/qmldir")))).WillByDefault(Return(qmldir));
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(projectStorageMock,
+                synchronize(
+                    AllOf(Field(&SynchronizationPackage::moduleDependencies, IsEmpty()),
+                          Field(&SynchronizationPackage::updatedModuleDependencySourceIds,
+                                UnorderedElementsAre(qmltypesPathSourceId, qmltypes2PathSourceId)))));
+
+    updater.update(qmlDirs, {});
+}
+
 } // namespace