diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentcontroller.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentcontroller.cpp
index 9dcf8686d6b..210596bfdcf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentcontroller.cpp
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ void DesignDocumentController::paste()
         QString defaultProperty(targetNode.metaInfo().defaultProperty());
         targetNode.nodeListProperty(defaultProperty).reparentHere(pastedNode);
 
-
+        view.setSelectedModelNodes(QList<ModelNode>() << pastedNode);
     }
 }