diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.cpp
index a58805a0886..f233017b706 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,10 @@ void ItemLibraryModel::update(ItemLibraryInfo *itemLibraryInfo, Model *model)
     for (const ItemLibraryEntry &entry : itemLibEntries) {
         NodeMetaInfo metaInfo = model->metaInfo(entry.typeName());
 
-        bool valid = metaInfo.isValid() && metaInfo.majorVersion() >= entry.majorVersion();
+        bool valid = metaInfo.isValid()
+                     && (metaInfo.majorVersion() >= entry.majorVersion()
+                         || metaInfo.majorVersion() < 0);
+
         bool isItem = valid && metaInfo.isSubclassOf("QtQuick.Item");
         bool forceVisibility = valid && NodeHints::fromItemLibraryEntry(entry).visibleInLibrary();