diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/abstractview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/abstractview.h
index 2eecf8df5aa..6971f5f39ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/abstractview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/abstractview.h
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ public:
 
     RewriterTransaction beginRewriterTransaction(const QByteArray &identifier);
 
+    ModelNode createModelNode(const TypeName &typeName);
+
     ModelNode createModelNode(const TypeName &typeName,
                          int majorVersion,
                          int minorVersion,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/abstractview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/abstractview.cpp
index 6826c9ed4dd..e728c61358f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/abstractview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/abstractview.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "nodeinstanceview.h"
 #include <qmlstate.h>
 #include <qmltimeline.h>
+#include <nodemetainfo.h>
 #include <qmldesignerconstants.h>
 #include <nodelistproperty.h>
 #include <variantproperty.h>
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ RewriterTransaction AbstractView::beginRewriterTransaction(const QByteArray &ide
     return RewriterTransaction(this, identifier);
 }
 
+ModelNode AbstractView::createModelNode(const TypeName &typeName)
+{
+    const NodeMetaInfo metaInfo = model()->metaInfo(typeName);
+    return createModelNode(typeName, metaInfo.majorVersion(), metaInfo.minorVersion());
+}
+
 ModelNode AbstractView::createModelNode(const TypeName &typeName,
                             int majorVersion,
                             int minorVersion,