diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/CMakeLists.txt
index 042061c8697..3ce2f68154b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ add_qtc_library(QmlDesignerUtils STATIC
     version.cpp version.h
     maputils.h
     stringutils.cpp stringutils.h
+    importutils.cpp importutils.h
 )
 
 extend_qtc_library(QmlDesignerUtils
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/importutils.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/importutils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd65055d933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/importutils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2025 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#include "importutils.h"
+
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <ranges>
+
+template<>
+inline constexpr bool std::ranges::enable_borrowed_range<QStringView> = true;
+template<>
+inline constexpr bool std::ranges::enable_view<QStringView> = true;
+
+namespace QmlDesigner::ImportUtils {
+
+using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
+
+std::optional<QStringView::iterator> find_import_location(QStringView text, QStringView directory)
+{
+    const auto begin = text.begin();
+    const auto headerEnd = std::ranges::find(text, u'{');
+    QStringView header = {begin, headerEnd};
+    QStringView import{u"import"};
+
+    auto importRange = std::ranges::search(header.rbegin(),
+                                           header.rend(),
+                                           import.rbegin(),
+                                           import.rend());
+
+    if (importRange.empty())
+        return {begin};
+
+    auto endLine = std::ranges::find(importRange.begin().base(), headerEnd, u'\n');
+
+    QRegularExpression regex{uR"(^import\s+")"_s + directory + uR"("\s+(?!as))"_s};
+
+    if (regex.matchView({begin, endLine}).hasMatch())
+        return {};
+
+    if (endLine == text.end())
+        return {text.end()};
+
+    return std::make_optional<QStringView::iterator>(std::ranges::next(endLine));
+}
+
+} // namespace QmlDesigner::ImportUtils
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/importutils.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/importutils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e3bd17bcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/qmldesignerutils/importutils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2025 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "qmldesignerutils_global.h"
+
+#include <optional>
+#include <QStringView>
+
+namespace QmlDesigner::ImportUtils {
+
+QMLDESIGNERUTILS_EXPORT std::optional<QStringView::iterator> find_import_location(QStringView text,
+                                                                                  QStringView directory);
+
+} // namespace QmlDesigner::ImportUtils
diff --git a/tests/unit/tests/unittests/qmldesignerutils/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unit/tests/unittests/qmldesignerutils/CMakeLists.txt
index c15c8eed464..d6a9277cce7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tests/unittests/qmldesignerutils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/tests/unittests/qmldesignerutils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ extend_qtc_test(unittest
   SOURCES
     version-test.cpp
     stringutils-test.cpp
+    importutils-test.cpp
 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/tests/unittests/qmldesignerutils/importutils-test.cpp b/tests/unit/tests/unittests/qmldesignerutils/importutils-test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed0fa0ed0cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/tests/unittests/qmldesignerutils/importutils-test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2025 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#include <googletest.h>
+
+#include <qmldesignerutils/importutils.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
+using QmlDesigner::ImportUtils::find_import_location;
+
+TEST(ImportUtils, begin_for_no_imports)
+{
+    auto content = QStringView{uR"("Item {})"};
+    QStringView directory = u"foo";
+
+    auto found = find_import_location(content, directory);
+
+    ASSERT_THAT(found, content.begin());
+}
+
+TEST(ImportUtils, begin_for_imports_after_last_import)
+{
+    auto content = QStringView{u"import foo\n"
+                               u"import bar\n"
+                               u"\n"
+                               u"Item {}\n"};
+    QStringView directory = u"foo";
+
+    auto found = find_import_location(content, directory);
+
+    QStringView rest{*found, content.end()};
+    ASSERT_THAT(rest, u"\nItem {}\n");
+}
+
+TEST(ImportUtils, skip_already_existing_directory_import)
+{
+    auto content = QStringView{u"import \"foo\"\n"
+                               u"import bar\n"
+                               u"\n"
+                               u"Item {}\n"};
+    QStringView directory = u"foo";
+
+    auto found = find_import_location(content, directory);
+
+    ASSERT_THAT(found, std::nullopt);
+}
+
+TEST(ImportUtils, dont_already_existing_directory_import_with_as)
+{
+    auto content = QStringView{u"import \"foo\" as foo\n"
+                               u"import bar\n"
+                               u"\n"
+                               u"Item {}\n"};
+    QStringView directory = u"foo";
+
+    auto found = find_import_location(content, directory);
+
+    QStringView rest{*found, content.end()};
+    ASSERT_THAT(rest, u"\nItem {}\n");
+}
+
+TEST(ImportUtils, ignore_import_properties)
+{
+    auto content = QStringView{u"import foo\n"
+                               u"import bar\n"
+                               u"\n"
+                               u"Item { import :}\n"};
+    QStringView directory = u"foo";
+
+    auto found = find_import_location(content, directory);
+
+    QStringView rest{*found, content.end()};
+    ASSERT_THAT(rest, u"\nItem { import :}\n");
+}
+
+TEST(ImportUtils, handle_nothing_after_import)
+{
+    auto content = QStringView{u"import foo\n"
+                               u"import bar"};
+    QStringView directory = u"foo";
+
+    auto found = find_import_location(content, directory);
+
+    ASSERT_THAT(found, content.end());
+}
+
+} // namespace