diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
index ae95fb0460c..4fad991003c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "cpptoolsconstants.h"
 
 using namespace CppTools;
-using namespace CppTools::Internal;
 
 static QLatin1String cppHeaderMimeType(Constants::CPP_HEADER_MIMETYPE);
 static QLatin1String cHeaderMimeType(Constants::C_HEADER_MIMETYPE);
@@ -42,11 +41,10 @@ void CppCodeModelSettings::fromSettings(QSettings *s)
 {
     s->beginGroup(QLatin1String(Constants::CPPTOOLS_SETTINGSGROUP));
     QVariant supporters = s->value(QLatin1String(Constants::CPPTOOLS_MODEL_MANAGER_SUPPORTERS_KEY));
-    setIdForMimeType(supporters, QLatin1String(Constants::C_SOURCE_MIMETYPE));
-    setIdForMimeType(supporters, QLatin1String(Constants::CPP_SOURCE_MIMETYPE));
-    setIdForMimeType(supporters, QLatin1String(Constants::OBJECTIVE_C_SOURCE_MIMETYPE));
-    setIdForMimeType(supporters, QLatin1String(Constants::OBJECTIVE_CPP_SOURCE_MIMETYPE));
-    setIdForMimeType(supporters, QLatin1String(Constants::CPP_HEADER_MIMETYPE));
+
+    foreach (const QString &mimeType, supportedMimeTypes())
+        setIdForMimeType(supporters, mimeType);
+
     QVariant v = s->value(QLatin1String(Constants::CPPTOOLS_MODEL_MANAGER_PCH_USAGE), PchUse_None);
     setPCHUsage(static_cast<PCHUsage>(v.toInt()));
     s->endGroup();
@@ -63,6 +61,17 @@ void CppCodeModelSettings::toSettings(QSettings *s)
     s->endGroup();
 }
 
+QStringList CppCodeModelSettings::supportedMimeTypes()
+{
+    return QStringList({
+        QLatin1String(Constants::C_SOURCE_MIMETYPE),
+        QLatin1String(Constants::CPP_SOURCE_MIMETYPE),
+        QLatin1String(Constants::OBJECTIVE_C_SOURCE_MIMETYPE),
+        QLatin1String(Constants::OBJECTIVE_CPP_SOURCE_MIMETYPE),
+        QLatin1String(Constants::CPP_HEADER_MIMETYPE)
+    });
+}
+
 void CppCodeModelSettings::setModelManagerSupports(const QList<ModelManagerSupport *> &supporters)
 {
     m_availableModelManagerSupportersByName.clear();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.h
index 8896b8e9443..17c36864431 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodemodelsettings.h
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef CPPTOOLS_INTERNAL_CPPCODEMODELSETTINGS_H
-#define CPPTOOLS_INTERNAL_CPPCODEMODELSETTINGS_H
+#ifndef CPPTOOLS_CPPCODEMODELSETTINGS_H
+#define CPPTOOLS_CPPCODEMODELSETTINGS_H
+
+#include "cpptools_global.h"
 
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QList>
@@ -40,9 +42,7 @@ namespace CppTools {
 
 class ModelManagerSupport;
 
-namespace Internal {
-
-class CppCodeModelSettings
+class CPPTOOLS_EXPORT CppCodeModelSettings
 {
 public:
     enum PCHUsage {
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public:
     PCHUsage pchUsage() const { return m_pchUsage; }
     void setPCHUsage(PCHUsage pchUsage) { m_pchUsage = pchUsage; }
 
+    static QStringList supportedMimeTypes();
+
 private:
     void setIdForMimeType(const QVariant &var, const QString &mimeType);
 
@@ -83,7 +85,6 @@ private:
     PCHUsage m_pchUsage;
 };
 
-} // namespace Internal
 } // namespace CppTools
 
-#endif // CPPTOOLS_INTERNAL_CPPCODEMODELSETTINGS_H
+#endif // CPPTOOLS_CPPCODEMODELSETTINGS_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsplugin.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsplugin.h
index 59255029242..cd5ceecce63 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsplugin.h
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ namespace Utils { class FileName; }
 namespace CppTools {
 
 class CppToolsSettings;
+class CppCodeModelSettings;
 
 namespace Internal {
 
 struct CppFileSettings;
-class CppCodeModelSettings;
 
 class CppToolsPlugin : public ExtensionSystem::IPlugin
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsreuse.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsreuse.cpp
index 05e5f868309..1478d34a6fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsreuse.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsreuse.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 #include "cpptoolsreuse.h"
 
+#include "cpptoolsplugin.h"
+
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/idocument.h>
 #include <texteditor/convenience.h>
@@ -251,6 +253,11 @@ TextEditor::TextEditorWidget::Link linkToSymbol(Symbol *symbol)
     return Link(filename, line, column);
 }
 
+QSharedPointer<CppCodeModelSettings> codeModelSettings()
+{
+    return CppTools::Internal::CppToolsPlugin::instance()->codeModelSettings();
+}
+
 int fileSizeLimit()
 {
     static const QByteArray fileSizeLimitAsByteArray = qgetenv("QTC_CPP_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT_MB");
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsreuse.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsreuse.h
index f8954111c01..62d0df71ccf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsreuse.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolsreuse.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ const CPlusPlus::Macro CPPTOOLS_EXPORT *findCanonicalMacro(const QTextCursor &cu
 QString CPPTOOLS_EXPORT correspondingHeaderOrSource(const QString &fileName, bool *wasHeader = 0);
 void CPPTOOLS_EXPORT switchHeaderSource();
 
+class CppCodeModelSettings;
+QSharedPointer<CppCodeModelSettings> CPPTOOLS_EXPORT codeModelSettings();
+
 int fileSizeLimit();
 bool skipFileDueToSizeLimit(const QFileInfo &fileInfo, int limitInMB = fileSizeLimit());