diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmlcodecompletion.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmlcodecompletion.cpp
index 59d6e5c38f9..942b013e627 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmlcodecompletion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmlcodecompletion.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,17 @@ int QmlCodeCompletion::startCompletion(TextEditor::ITextEditable *editor)
         }
     }
 
+
+    // snippets completion
+    TextEditor::CompletionItem item(this);
+    item.text = QLatin1String("Rectangle - declaration");
+    item.data = QVariant::fromValue(QString("Rectangle {\nwidth: $100$;\nheight: 100;\n$$\n}"));
+    m_completions.append(item);
+
+    item.text = QLatin1String("Item - declaration");
+    item.data = QVariant::fromValue(QString("Item {\nwidth: $100$;\nheight: 100;\n$$\n}"));
+    m_completions.append(item);
+
     return pos;
 }
 
@@ -188,7 +199,23 @@ void QmlCodeCompletion::completions(QList<TextEditor::CompletionItem> *completio
 
 void QmlCodeCompletion::complete(const TextEditor::CompletionItem &item)
 {
-    const QString toInsert = item.text;
+    QString toInsert = item.text;
+
+    if (QmlJSTextEditor *edit = qobject_cast<QmlJSTextEditor *>(m_editor->widget())) {
+        if (item.data.isValid()) {
+            QTextCursor tc = edit->textCursor();
+            tc.beginEditBlock();
+            tc.setPosition(m_startPosition);
+            tc.setPosition(m_editor->position(), QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
+            tc.removeSelectedText();
+
+            toInsert = item.data.toString();
+            edit->insertCodeSnippet(toInsert);
+            tc.endEditBlock();
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     const int length = m_editor->position() - m_startPosition;
     m_editor->setCurPos(m_startPosition);
     m_editor->replace(length, toInsert);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 59f69af6646..7fc9eaf18fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ skip_event:
         delete e;
 }
 
-void BaseTextEditor::universalHelper()
+void BaseTextEditor::insertCodeSnippet(const QString &snippet)
 {
     QList<QTextEdit::ExtraSelection> selections;
 
@@ -1254,8 +1254,6 @@ void BaseTextEditor::universalHelper()
     const int startCursorPosition = cursor.position();
     cursor.beginEditBlock();
 
-    const QString snippet = QLatin1String("for ($initializer$; $condition$; $expresssion$) {\n$$\n}\n");
-
     if ((snippet.count('$') % 2) != 0) {
         qWarning() << "invalid snippet";
         return;
@@ -1326,6 +1324,12 @@ void BaseTextEditor::universalHelper()
     }
 }
 
+void BaseTextEditor::universalHelper()
+{
+    const QString snippet = QLatin1String("for ($initializer$; $condition$; $expresssion$) {\n$$\n}\n");
+    insertCodeSnippet(snippet);
+}
+
 void BaseTextEditor::setTextCursor(const QTextCursor &cursor)
 {
     // workaround for QTextControl bug
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
index aa212c64407..21c5bc803ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ public:
 
     void setTextCursor(const QTextCursor &cursor);
 
+    void insertCodeSnippet(const QString &snippet);
+
 public slots:
     void setDisplayName(const QString &title);