diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeabstractproperty.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeabstractproperty.h
index fbfa0160adb..8bf2306313c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeabstractproperty.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeabstractproperty.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public:
     bool isEmpty() const;
     int count() const;
     int indexOf(const ModelNode &node) const;
+    NodeAbstractProperty parentProperty() const;
 
     const QList<ModelNode> allSubNodes();
     const QList<ModelNode> directSubNodes() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/nodeabstractproperty.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/nodeabstractproperty.cpp
index c8f811f69d3..bb81b8e922a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/nodeabstractproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/nodeabstractproperty.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ int NodeAbstractProperty::indexOf(const ModelNode &node) const
     return property->indexOf(node.internalNode());
 }
 
+NodeAbstractProperty NodeAbstractProperty::parentProperty() const
+{
+    if (!isValid()) {
+        Q_ASSERT_X(isValid(), Q_FUNC_INFO, "property is invalid");
+        throw InvalidPropertyException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__, name());
+    }
+
+    if (internalNode()->parentProperty().isNull()) {
+        Q_ASSERT_X(internalNode()->parentProperty(), Q_FUNC_INFO, "parentProperty is invalid");
+        throw InvalidPropertyException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__, "parent");
+    }
+
+    return NodeAbstractProperty(internalNode()->parentProperty()->name(), internalNode()->parentProperty()->propertyOwner(), model(), view());
+}
+
 int NodeAbstractProperty::count() const
 {
     Internal::InternalNodeAbstractProperty::Pointer property = internalNode()->nodeAbstractProperty(name());