diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodehints.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodehints.h
index 16fe18320cd..581dfd48220 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodehints.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodehints.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public:
     bool visibleInLibrary() const;
     QString forceNonDefaultProperty() const;
     QPair<QString, QVariant> setParentProperty() const;
+    QString bindParentToProperty() const;
 
     QHash<QString, QString> hints() const;
     static NodeHints fromModelNode(const ModelNode &modelNode);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodehints.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodehints.cpp
index 84cc5650747..099dc8ee903 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodehints.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/metainfo/nodehints.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,16 @@ QPair<QString, QVariant> NodeHints::setParentProperty() const
     return qMakePair(list.first().trimmed(), parseValue(list.last().trimmed()));
 }
 
+QString NodeHints::bindParentToProperty() const
+{
+    const QString expression = m_hints.value("bindParentToProperty");
+
+    if (expression.isEmpty())
+        return {};
+
+    return Internal::evaluateExpression(expression, modelNode(), ModelNode()).toString();
+}
+
 QHash<QString, QString> NodeHints::hints() const
 {
     return m_hints;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
index a580ee55495..6a78e11cdba 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlvisualnode.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ QmlObjectNode QmlVisualNode::createQmlObjectNode(AbstractView *view,
             for (const auto &property : itemLibraryEntry.properties()) {
                 if (property.type() == "binding") {
                     propertyBindingList.append(PropertyBindingEntry(property.name(), property.value().toString()));
-                } else if (property.type() == "enum")  {
+                } else if (property.type() == "enum") {
                     propertyEnumList.append(PropertyBindingEntry(property.name(), property.value().toString()));
                 } else if (property.value().toString() == QString::fromLatin1(imagePlaceHolder)) {
                     propertyPairList.append({property.name(), imagePlaceHolderPath(view->model()) });
@@ -361,6 +361,15 @@ QmlObjectNode QmlVisualNode::createQmlObjectNode(AbstractView *view,
         parent.variantProperty(property).setValue(value);
     }
 
+    if (!hints.bindParentToProperty().isEmpty() && parentProperty.isValid()) {
+        const PropertyName property = hints.bindParentToProperty().toUtf8();
+        ModelNode parent = parentProperty.parentModelNode();
+
+        const NodeMetaInfo metaInfo = newQmlObjectNode.modelNode().metaInfo();
+        if (metaInfo.hasProperty(property))
+            newQmlObjectNode.setBindingProperty(property, parent.validId());
+    }
+
     return newQmlObjectNode;
 }