diff --git a/src/libs/utils/treemodel.cpp b/src/libs/utils/treemodel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe40b7a8fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/utils/treemodel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "treemodel.h"
+#include "qtcassert.h"
+
+/*!
+    \class Utils::TreeModel
+
+    \brief The TreeModel class is a convienience base class for models
+    to use in a QTreeView.
+*/
+
+namespace Utils {
+
+//
+// TreeItem
+//
+TreeItem::TreeItem()
+    : m_parent(0), m_lazy(false), m_populated(false),
+      m_flags(Qt::ItemIsEnabled|Qt::ItemIsSelectable)
+{
+}
+
+TreeItem::~TreeItem()
+{
+    clear();
+}
+
+TreeItem *TreeItem::child(int pos) const
+{
+    ensurePopulated();
+    QTC_ASSERT(pos >= 0, return 0);
+    QTC_ASSERT(pos < m_children.size(), return 0);
+    return m_children.at(pos);
+}
+
+bool TreeItem::isLazy() const
+{
+    return m_lazy;
+}
+
+int TreeItem::columnCount() const
+{
+    return 1;
+}
+
+int TreeItem::rowCount() const
+{
+    ensurePopulated();
+    return m_children.size();
+}
+
+void TreeItem::populate()
+{
+}
+
+QVariant TreeItem::data(int column, int role) const
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(column);
+    Q_UNUSED(role);
+    return QVariant();
+}
+
+Qt::ItemFlags TreeItem::flags(int column) const
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(column);
+    return m_flags;
+}
+
+void TreeItem::prependChild(TreeItem *item)
+{
+    QTC_CHECK(!item->parent());
+    item->m_parent = this;
+    m_children.prepend(item);
+}
+
+void TreeItem::appendChild(TreeItem *item)
+{
+    QTC_CHECK(!item->parent());
+    item->m_parent = this;
+    m_children.append(item);
+}
+
+void TreeItem::setLazy(bool on)
+{
+    m_lazy = on;
+}
+
+void TreeItem::setFlags(Qt::ItemFlags flags)
+{
+    m_flags = flags;
+}
+
+void TreeItem::clear()
+{
+    while (m_children.size()) {
+        TreeItem *item = m_children.takeLast();
+        item->m_parent = 0;
+        delete item;
+    }
+}
+
+void TreeItem::ensurePopulated() const
+{
+    if (!m_populated) {
+        if (isLazy())
+            const_cast<TreeItem *>(this)->populate();
+        m_populated = true;
+    }
+}
+
+//
+// TreeModel
+//
+TreeModel::TreeModel(QObject *parent)
+    : QAbstractItemModel(parent), m_root(new TreeItem)
+{
+}
+
+TreeModel::~TreeModel()
+{
+    delete m_root;
+}
+
+QModelIndex TreeModel::parent(const QModelIndex &idx) const
+{
+    checkIndex(idx);
+    if (!idx.isValid())
+        return QModelIndex();
+
+    const TreeItem *item = itemFromIndex(idx);
+    const TreeItem *parent = item->parent();
+    if (!parent || parent == m_root)
+        return QModelIndex();
+
+    const TreeItem *grandparent = parent->parent();
+    if (!grandparent)
+        return QModelIndex();
+
+    for (int i = 0, n = grandparent->rowCount(); i < n; ++i)
+        if (grandparent->child(i) == parent)
+            return createIndex(i, 0, (void*) parent);
+
+    return QModelIndex();
+}
+
+int TreeModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &idx) const
+{
+    checkIndex(idx);
+    if (!idx.isValid())
+        return m_root->rowCount();
+    if (idx.column() > 0)
+        return 0;
+    return itemFromIndex(idx)->rowCount();
+}
+
+int TreeModel::columnCount(const QModelIndex &idx) const
+{
+    checkIndex(idx);
+    if (!idx.isValid())
+        return m_root->rowCount();
+    if (idx.column() > 0)
+        return 0;
+    return itemFromIndex(idx)->columnCount();
+}
+
+QVariant TreeModel::data(const QModelIndex &idx, int role) const
+{
+    TreeItem *item = itemFromIndex(idx);
+    return item ? item->data(idx.column(), role) : QVariant();
+}
+
+Qt::ItemFlags TreeModel::flags(const QModelIndex &idx) const
+{
+    TreeItem *item = itemFromIndex(idx);
+    return item ? item->flags(idx.column())
+                : (Qt::ItemIsEnabled|Qt::ItemIsSelectable);
+}
+
+TreeItem *TreeModel::rootItem() const
+{
+    return m_root;
+}
+
+QModelIndex TreeModel::index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent) const
+{
+    checkIndex(parent);
+    if (!hasIndex(row, column, parent))
+        return QModelIndex();
+
+    const TreeItem *item = itemFromIndex(parent);
+    QTC_ASSERT(item, return QModelIndex());
+    if (row >= item->rowCount())
+        return QModelIndex();
+    return createIndex(row, column, (void*)(item->child(row)));
+}
+
+TreeItem *TreeModel::itemFromIndex(const QModelIndex &idx) const
+{
+    checkIndex(idx);
+    TreeItem *item = idx.isValid() ? static_cast<TreeItem*>(idx.internalPointer()) : m_root;
+//    CHECK(checkItem(item));
+    return item;
+}
+
+QModelIndex TreeModel::indexFromItem(const TreeItem *item) const
+{
+//    CHECK(checkItem(item));
+    return indexFromItemHelper(item, m_root, QModelIndex());
+}
+
+QModelIndex TreeModel::indexFromItemHelper(const TreeItem *needle,
+    TreeItem *parentItem, const QModelIndex &parentIndex) const
+{
+    checkIndex(parentIndex);
+    if (needle == parentItem)
+        return parentIndex;
+    for (int i = parentItem->rowCount(); --i >= 0; ) {
+        TreeItem *childItem = parentItem->child(i);
+        QModelIndex childIndex = index(i, 0, parentIndex);
+        QModelIndex idx = indexFromItemHelper(needle, childItem, childIndex);
+        checkIndex(idx);
+        if (idx.isValid())
+            return idx;
+    }
+    return QModelIndex();
+}
+
+void TreeModel::checkIndex(const QModelIndex &index) const
+{
+    if (index.isValid()) {
+        QTC_CHECK(index.model() == this);
+    } else {
+        QTC_CHECK(index.model() == 0);
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace Utils
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/treemodel.h b/src/libs/utils/treemodel.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..078f74b4f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/utils/treemodel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of Qt Creator.
+**
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef UTILS_TREEMODEL_H
+#define UTILS_TREEMODEL_H
+
+#include "utils_global.h"
+
+#include <QAbstractItemModel>
+
+namespace Utils {
+
+class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT TreeItem
+{
+public:
+    TreeItem();
+    virtual ~TreeItem();
+
+    virtual TreeItem *parent() const { return m_parent; }
+    virtual TreeItem *child(int pos) const;
+    virtual bool isLazy() const;
+    virtual int columnCount() const;
+    virtual int rowCount() const;
+    virtual void populate();
+
+    virtual QVariant data(int column, int role) const;
+    virtual Qt::ItemFlags flags(int column) const;
+
+    void prependChild(TreeItem *item);
+    void appendChild(TreeItem *item);
+
+    void setLazy(bool on);
+    void setPopulated(bool on);
+    void setFlags(Qt::ItemFlags flags);
+
+private:
+    TreeItem(const TreeItem &) Q_DECL_EQ_DELETE;
+    void operator=(const TreeItem &) Q_DECL_EQ_DELETE;
+
+    void clear();
+    void ensurePopulated() const;
+
+    TreeItem *m_parent; // Not owned.
+    QVector<TreeItem *> m_children; // Owned.
+    bool m_lazy;
+    mutable bool m_populated;
+    Qt::ItemFlags m_flags;
+};
+
+class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT TreeModel : public QAbstractItemModel
+{
+public:
+    explicit TreeModel(QObject *parent = 0);
+    virtual ~TreeModel();
+
+    int rowCount(const QModelIndex &idx = QModelIndex()) const;
+    int columnCount(const QModelIndex &idx) const;
+
+    QVariant data(const QModelIndex &idx, int role) const;
+    QModelIndex index(int, int, const QModelIndex &idx) const;
+    QModelIndex parent(const QModelIndex &idx) const;
+    Qt::ItemFlags flags(const QModelIndex &idx) const;
+
+    TreeItem *rootItem() const;
+    TreeItem *itemFromIndex(const QModelIndex &) const;
+    QModelIndex indexFromItem(const TreeItem *needle) const;
+
+private:
+    QModelIndex indexFromItemHelper(const TreeItem *needle,
+        TreeItem *parentItem, const QModelIndex &parentIndex) const;
+
+    void checkIndex(const QModelIndex &index) const;
+
+    TreeItem *m_root; // Owned.
+};
+
+} // namespace Utils
+
+#endif // UTILS_TREEMODEL_H
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri b/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
index 68c007a3640..8b0257ba6e0 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
+++ b/src/libs/utils/utils-lib.pri
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ SOURCES += $$PWD/environment.cpp \
     $$PWD/completinglineedit.cpp \
     $$PWD/winutils.cpp \
     $$PWD/itemviews.cpp \
+    $$PWD/treemodel.cpp \
     $$PWD/treeviewcombobox.cpp \
     $$PWD/proxycredentialsdialog.cpp \
     $$PWD/macroexpander.cpp
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ HEADERS += \
     $$PWD/completinglineedit.h \
     $$PWD/winutils.h \
     $$PWD/itemviews.h \
+    $$PWD/treemodel.h \
     $$PWD/treeviewcombobox.h \
     $$PWD/scopedswap.h \
     $$PWD/algorithm.h \
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs b/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
index 9abcf48d2ad..a665cfc3bae 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
+++ b/src/libs/utils/utils.qbs
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ QtcLibrary {
         "textfieldcombobox.h",
         "textfileformat.cpp",
         "textfileformat.h",
+        "treemodel.cpp",
+        "treemodel.h",
         "treeviewcombobox.cpp",
         "treeviewcombobox.h",
         "headerviewstretcher.cpp",