diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/assetexportpluginconstants.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/assetexportpluginconstants.h
index 1937c7126eb..a1c0e2181ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/assetexportpluginconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/assetexportpluginconstants.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const char AssetDataTag[] = "assetData";
 const char AssetPathTag[] = "assetPath";
 const char AssetBoundsTag[] = "assetBounds";
 const char OpacityTag[] = "opacity";
+const char TypeNameTag[] = "qmlType";
 
 const char TextDetailsTag[] = "textDetails";
 const char FontFamilyTag[] = "fontFamily";
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/parsers/modelitemnodeparser.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/parsers/modelitemnodeparser.cpp
index 0ed6cd74916..5104732e1c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/parsers/modelitemnodeparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/assetexporterplugin/parsers/modelitemnodeparser.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ QJsonObject QmlDesigner::ItemNodeParser::json(QmlDesigner::Component &component)
     jsonObject.insert(HeightTag, size.height());
 
     jsonObject.insert(UuidTag, uuid());
+    jsonObject.insert(ExportTypeTag, "child");
+    jsonObject.insert(TypeNameTag, QString::fromLatin1(m_node.type()));
+
     return  jsonObject;
 }
 }