diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
index 482a3e45d27..3346eef6a62 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ void BindingProperty::setExpression(const QString &expression)
     if (!isValid())
         throw InvalidModelNodeException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__);
 
+    if (isDynamic())
+        qWarning() << "Calling BindingProperty::setExpression on dynamic property.";
+
     if (name() == "id") { // the ID for a node is independent of the state, so it has to be set with ModelNode::setId
         throw InvalidPropertyException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__, name());
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/variantproperty.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/variantproperty.cpp
index 37800f1b52f..8c1bb0fd73f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/variantproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/variantproperty.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ void VariantProperty::setValue(const QVariant &value)
     if (!isValid())
         throw InvalidModelNodeException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__);
 
+    if (isDynamic())
+        qWarning() << "Calling VariantProperty::setValue on dynamic property.";
+
     if (value.isNull())
         throw InvalidArgumentException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__, name());