diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
index 69d431582a0..378f1e897ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarywidget.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,11 @@ void ItemLibraryWidget::setSearchFilter(const QString &searchFilter)
 
 void ItemLibraryWidget::delayedUpdateModel()
 {
-    m_compressionTimer.start();
+    static bool disableTimer = DesignerSettings::getValue(DesignerSettingsKey::DISABLE_ITEM_LIBRARY_UPDATE_TIMER).toBool();
+    if (disableTimer)
+        updateModel();
+    else
+        m_compressionTimer.start();
 }
 
 void ItemLibraryWidget::setModel(Model *model)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
index ec4dc1f7e58..4d25edb8bc0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designersettings.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ const char STANDALONE_MODE[] = "StandAloneMode";
 const char ENABLE_TIMELINEVIEW[] = "EnableTimelineView";
 const char SIMPLE_COLOR_PALETTE_CONTENT[] = "SimpleColorPaletteContent";
 const char ALWAYS_DESIGN_MODE[] = "AlwaysDesignMode";
+const char DISABLE_ITEM_LIBRARY_UPDATE_TIMER[] = "DisableItemLibraryUpdateTimer";
 }
 
 class DesignerSettings : public QHash<QByteArray, QVariant>