diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsbind.cpp b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsbind.cpp
index f823aff50bf..92516dee2ee 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsbind.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsbind.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "qmljsdocument.h"
 #include "qmljsmodelmanagerinterface.h"
 
+#include <utils/algorithm.h>
+
 using namespace LanguageUtils;
 using namespace QmlJS;
 using namespace QmlJS::AST;
@@ -178,6 +180,17 @@ bool Bind::visit(AST::Program *)
     return true;
 }
 
+void Bind::endVisit(UiProgram *)
+{
+    if (_doc->language() == Dialect::QmlQbs) {
+        static const QString qbsBaseImport = QStringLiteral("qbs");
+        static auto isQbsBaseImport = [] (const ImportInfo &ii) {
+            return ii.name() == qbsBaseImport; };
+        if (!Utils::anyOf(_imports, isQbsBaseImport))
+            _imports += ImportInfo::moduleImport(qbsBaseImport, ComponentVersion(), QString());
+    }
+}
+
 bool Bind::visit(UiImport *ast)
 {
     ComponentVersion version;
diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsbind.h b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsbind.h
index 81da23b6fa8..e584abef7b4 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsbind.h
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsbind.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ protected:
 
     bool visit(AST::UiProgram *ast) override;
     bool visit(AST::Program *ast) override;
+    void endVisit(AST::UiProgram *) override;
 
     // Ui
     bool visit(AST::UiImport *ast) override;