diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.qbs b/src/plugins/plugins.qbs
index 8e57311d9fe..48b0825430c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.qbs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Project {
         "qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectmanager.qbs",
         "qnx/qnx.qbs",
         "qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeprojectmanager.qbs",
+        "qmldesignerbase/qmldesignerbase.qbs",
         "qtsupport/qtsupport.qbs",
         "remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs",
         "resourceeditor/resourceeditor.qbs",
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesignerbase/qmldesignerbase.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesignerbase/qmldesignerbase.qbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..937f180c32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesignerbase/qmldesignerbase.qbs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import qbs
+
+QtcPlugin {
+    name: "QmlDesignerBase"
+
+    Depends { name: "Core" }
+    Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
+    Depends { name: "QtSupport" }
+    Depends { name: "app_version_header" }
+    Depends { name: "Qt.quickwidgets" }
+
+    files: [
+        "qmldesignerbase_global.h",
+        "qmldesignerbaseplugin.cpp",
+        "qmldesignerbaseplugin.h",
+    ]
+
+    Group {
+        prefix: "utils/"
+        files: [
+            "designersettings.cpp",
+            "designersettings.h",
+            "qmlpuppetpaths.cpp",
+            "qmlpuppetpaths.h",
+            "studioquickwidget.cpp",
+            "studioquickwidget.h",
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectmanager.qbs b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectmanager.qbs
index 9eac76dc6ca..d4938c8d798 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectmanager.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectmanager.qbs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ QtcPlugin {
 
     Depends { name: "Core" }
     Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
+    Depends { name: "QmlDesignerBase" }
     Depends { name: "QtSupport" }
     Depends { name: "TextEditor" }