diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelnodefacade.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelnodefacade.h
index 043e2832835..a969b5974f2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelnodefacade.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/qmlmodelnodefacade.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public:
     operator ModelNode() const;
     ModelNode modelNode();
     const ModelNode modelNode() const;
+    bool hasModelNode() const;
     static bool isValidQmlModelNodeFacade(const ModelNode &modelNode);
     virtual bool isValid() const;
     virtual ~QmlModelNodeFacade();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelnodefacade.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelnodefacade.cpp
index 68952ad69cb..b0e28ee7929 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelnodefacade.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlmodelnodefacade.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ const ModelNode QmlModelNodeFacade::modelNode() const
     return m_modelNode;
 }
 
+bool QmlModelNodeFacade::hasModelNode() const
+{
+    return m_modelNode.isValid();
+}
+
 bool QmlModelNodeFacade::isValid() const
 {
     return isValidQmlModelNodeFacade(m_modelNode);