diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
index a3b04053381..5fe7340274d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlitemnode.h
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ public:
                                                   const QString &imageName,
                                                   const QPointF &position,
                                                   QmlItemNode parentQmlItemNode);
+    static QmlItemNode createQmlItemNodeFromImage(AbstractView *view,
+                                                  const QString &imageName,
+                                                  const QPointF &position,
+                                                  NodeAbstractProperty parentproperty);
 
     QmlModelStateGroup states() const;
     QList<QmlItemNode> children() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index bc294add5be..0f4d52b9c8a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -162,11 +162,19 @@ QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNode(AbstractView *view, const ItemLibrary
 
 QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage(AbstractView *view, const QString &imageName, const QPointF &position, QmlItemNode parentQmlItemNode)
 {
-    QmlItemNode newQmlItemNode;
     if (!parentQmlItemNode.isValid())
         parentQmlItemNode = QmlItemNode(view->rootModelNode());
 
-    if (parentQmlItemNode.isValid()) {
+    NodeAbstractProperty parentProperty = parentQmlItemNode.defaultNodeAbstractProperty();
+
+    return QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage(view, imageName, position, parentProperty);
+}
+
+QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage(AbstractView *view, const QString &imageName, const QPointF &position, NodeAbstractProperty parentproperty)
+{
+    QmlItemNode newQmlItemNode;
+
+    if (parentproperty.isValid()) {
         RewriterTransaction transaction = view->beginRewriterTransaction(QByteArrayLiteral("QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage"));
 
         if (view->model()->hasNodeMetaInfo("QtQuick.Image")) {
@@ -185,7 +193,7 @@ QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage(AbstractView *view, const QS
             }
 
             newQmlItemNode = QmlItemNode(view->createModelNode("QtQuick.Image", metaInfo.majorVersion(), metaInfo.minorVersion(), propertyPairList));
-            parentQmlItemNode.defaultNodeAbstractProperty().reparentHere(newQmlItemNode);
+            parentproperty.reparentHere(newQmlItemNode);
 
             newQmlItemNode.setId(view->generateNewId("image"));
 
@@ -199,7 +207,6 @@ QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage(AbstractView *view, const QS
         Q_ASSERT(newQmlItemNode.isValid());
     }
 
-
     return newQmlItemNode;
 }