diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsymbolsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsymbolsupport.cpp
index d86ac58ba93..defa368f1e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsymbolsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsymbolsupport.cpp
@@ -288,14 +288,16 @@ bool SymbolSupport::supportsRename(TextEditor::TextDocument *document)
     return LanguageClient::supportsRename(m_client, document, prepareSupported);
 }
 
-void SymbolSupport::renameSymbol(TextEditor::TextDocument *document, const QTextCursor &cursor)
+void SymbolSupport::renameSymbol(TextEditor::TextDocument *document, const QTextCursor &cursor,
+                                 const QString &newSymbolName)
 {
     const TextDocumentPositionParams params = generateDocPosParams(document, cursor);
     QTextCursor tc = cursor;
     tc.select(QTextCursor::WordUnderCursor);
     const QString oldSymbolName = tc.selectedText();
-    const QString placeholder = m_defaultSymbolMapper ? m_defaultSymbolMapper(oldSymbolName)
-                                                      : oldSymbolName;
+    QString placeholder = newSymbolName;
+    if (placeholder.isEmpty())
+        placeholder = m_defaultSymbolMapper ? m_defaultSymbolMapper(oldSymbolName) : oldSymbolName;
 
     bool prepareSupported;
     if (!LanguageClient::supportsRename(m_client, document, prepareSupported)) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsymbolsupport.h b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsymbolsupport.h
index 79b250ffcc4..3fde3c58d01 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsymbolsupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/languageclientsymbolsupport.h
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ public:
             const ResultHandler &handler = {});
 
     bool supportsRename(TextEditor::TextDocument *document);
-    void renameSymbol(TextEditor::TextDocument *document, const QTextCursor &cursor);
+    void renameSymbol(TextEditor::TextDocument *document, const QTextCursor &cursor,
+                      const QString &newSymbolName = {});
 
     static Core::Search::TextRange convertRange(const LanguageServerProtocol::Range &range);
     static QStringList getFileContents(const Utils::FilePath &filePath);