diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
index 250a07e214c..3a6b84fecd9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ ItemLibraryWidget::ItemLibraryWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     m_itemIconSize(24, 24),
     m_resIconSize(24, 24),
     m_iconProvider(m_resIconSize),
-    m_itemsView(new QQuickView()),
+    m_itemViewQuickWidget(new QQuickWidget),
     m_resourcesView(new ItemLibraryTreeView(this)),
     m_filterFlag(QtBasic)
 {
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ ItemLibraryWidget::ItemLibraryWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     setWindowTitle(tr("Library", "Title of library view"));
 
     /* create Items view and its model */
-    m_itemsView->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
+    m_itemViewQuickWidget->setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
     m_itemLibraryModel = new ItemLibraryModel(this);
 
-    QQmlContext *rootContext = m_itemsView->rootContext();
+    QQmlContext *rootContext = m_itemViewQuickWidget->rootContext();
     rootContext->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("itemLibraryModel"), m_itemLibraryModel.data());
     rootContext->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("itemLibraryIconWidth"), m_itemIconSize.width());
     rootContext->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("itemLibraryIconHeight"), m_itemIconSize.height());
     rootContext->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("rootView"), this);
 
-    m_itemsView->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("highlightColor"), Utils::StyleHelper::notTooBrightHighlightColor());
+    m_itemViewQuickWidget->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("highlightColor"), Utils::StyleHelper::notTooBrightHighlightColor());
 
     /* create Resources view and its model */
     m_resourcesFileSystemModel = new QFileSystemModel(this);
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ItemLibraryWidget::ItemLibraryWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     m_resourcesView->setIconSize(m_resIconSize);
 
     /* create image provider for loading item icons */
-    m_itemsView->engine()->addImageProvider(QStringLiteral("qmldesigner_itemlibrary"), new Internal::ItemLibraryImageProvider);
+    m_itemViewQuickWidget->engine()->addImageProvider(QStringLiteral("qmldesigner_itemlibrary"), new Internal::ItemLibraryImageProvider);
 
     /* other widgets */
     QTabBar *tabBar = new QTabBar(this);
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ ItemLibraryWidget::ItemLibraryWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     lineEditLayout->addItem(new QSpacerItem(5, 5, QSizePolicy::Fixed, QSizePolicy::Fixed), 1, 2);
     connect(m_filterLineEdit.data(), SIGNAL(filterChanged(QString)), this, SLOT(setSearchFilter(QString)));
 
-    QWidget *container = createWindowContainer(m_itemsView.data());
+
     m_stackedWidget = new QStackedWidget(this);
-    m_stackedWidget->addWidget(container);
+    m_stackedWidget->addWidget(m_itemViewQuickWidget.data());
     m_stackedWidget->addWidget(m_resourcesView.data());
 
     QWidget *spacer = new QWidget(this);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void ItemLibraryWidget::setSearchFilter(const QString &searchFilter)
 {
     if (m_stackedWidget->currentIndex() == 0) {
         m_itemLibraryModel->setSearchText(searchFilter);
-        m_itemsView->update();
+        m_itemViewQuickWidget->update();
     } else {
         QStringList nameFilterList;
         if (searchFilter.contains('.')) {
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ void ItemLibraryWidget::reloadQmlSource()
 {
     QString itemLibraryQmlFilePath = qmlSourcesPath() + QStringLiteral("/ItemsView.qml");
     QTC_ASSERT(QFileInfo::exists(itemLibraryQmlFilePath), return);
-    m_itemsView->engine()->clearComponentCache();
-    m_itemsView->setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(itemLibraryQmlFilePath));
+    m_itemViewQuickWidget->engine()->clearComponentCache();
+    m_itemViewQuickWidget->setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(itemLibraryQmlFilePath));
 }
 
 void ItemLibraryWidget::setImportFilter(FilterChangeFlag flag)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.h
index 2eef9c13035..a934e155c47 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <QFrame>
 #include <QToolButton>
 #include <QFileIconProvider>
-#include <QQuickView>
+#include <QQuickWidget>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QFileSystemModel;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ private:
     QPointer<QStackedWidget> m_stackedWidget;
 
     QPointer<Utils::FancyLineEdit> m_filterLineEdit;
-    QScopedPointer<QQuickView> m_itemsView;
+    QScopedPointer<QQuickWidget> m_itemViewQuickWidget;
     QScopedPointer<ItemLibraryTreeView> m_resourcesView;
     QShortcut *m_qmlSourceUpdateShortcut;