diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
index 60ce7234f28..4f354746d65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ WidgetInfo ItemLibraryView::widgetInfo()
 void ItemLibraryView::modelAttached(Model *model)
 {
     AbstractView::modelAttached(model);
+    m_widget->clearSearchFilter();
     m_widget->setModel(model);
     updateImports();
     model->attachView(m_importManagerView);
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ void ItemLibraryView::modelAboutToBeDetached(Model *model)
     model->detachView(m_importManagerView);
 
     AbstractView::modelAboutToBeDetached(model);
+
     m_widget->setModel(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
index 5820c518ac2..039a2be448f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ QString ItemLibraryWidget::qmlSourcesPath()
     return Core::ICore::resourcePath() + QStringLiteral("/qmldesigner/itemLibraryQmlSources");
 }
 
+void ItemLibraryWidget::clearSearchFilter()
+{
+    m_filterLineEdit->clear();
+}
+
 void ItemLibraryWidget::reloadQmlSource()
 {
     QString itemLibraryQmlFilePath = qmlSourcesPath() + QStringLiteral("/ItemsView.qml");
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.h
index 6a39035b53e..ca8cd82c319 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.h
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ public:
     void setImportsWidget(QWidget *importsWidget);
 
     static QString qmlSourcesPath();
+    void clearSearchFilter();
+
 public slots:
     void setSearchFilter(const QString &searchFilter);
     void delayedUpdateModel();