diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/modelnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/modelnode.h
index 5f6eff7f00b..318f37a863d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/modelnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/modelnode.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ public:
     NodeListProperty nodeListProperty(const PropertyName &name) const;
     NodeProperty nodeProperty(const PropertyName &name) const;
     NodeAbstractProperty nodeAbstractProperty(const PropertyName &name) const;
+    NodeAbstractProperty defaultNodeAbstractProperty() const;
 
     void removeProperty(const PropertyName &name); //### also implement in AbstractProperty
     QList<AbstractProperty> properties() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
index 3cf56b28aaf..1c92409a77b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlobjectnode.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public:
     void setVariantProperty(const PropertyName &name, const QVariant &value);
     void setBindingProperty(const PropertyName &name, const QString &expression);
     NodeAbstractProperty nodeAbstractProperty(const PropertyName &name) const;
+    NodeAbstractProperty defaultNodeAbstractProperty() const;
     NodeProperty nodeProperty(const PropertyName &name) const;
     NodeListProperty nodeListProperty(const PropertyName &name) const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
index a46fcd898c7..05e485f5328 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,12 @@ NodeAbstractProperty ModelNode::nodeAbstractProperty(const PropertyName &name) c
      if (!isValid())
         throw InvalidModelNodeException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__);
 
-    return NodeAbstractProperty(name, m_internalNode, model(), view());
+     return NodeAbstractProperty(name, m_internalNode, model(), view());
+}
+
+NodeAbstractProperty ModelNode::defaultNodeAbstractProperty() const
+{
+    return nodeAbstractProperty(metaInfo().defaultPropertyName());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
index 41a9f482af4..3e2db542ac3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,12 @@ bool QmlObjectNode::hasBindingProperty(const PropertyName &name) const
 
 NodeAbstractProperty QmlObjectNode::nodeAbstractProperty(const PropertyName &name) const
 {
-   return modelNode().nodeAbstractProperty(name);
+    return modelNode().nodeAbstractProperty(name);
+}
+
+NodeAbstractProperty QmlObjectNode::defaultNodeAbstractProperty() const
+{
+    return modelNode().defaultNodeAbstractProperty();
 }
 
 NodeProperty QmlObjectNode::nodeProperty(const PropertyName &name) const