diff --git a/src/libs/qmldebug/basetoolsclient.h b/src/libs/qmldebug/basetoolsclient.h
index 130b2cdd285..0e3ef774455 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmldebug/basetoolsclient.h
+++ b/src/libs/qmldebug/basetoolsclient.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ signals:
     void designModeBehaviorChanged(bool inDesignMode);
     void showAppOnTopChanged(bool showAppOnTop);
     void reloaded(); // the server has reloaded the document
+    void destroyedObject();
 
     void logActivity(QString client, QString message);
 
diff --git a/src/libs/qmldebug/qmltoolsclient.cpp b/src/libs/qmldebug/qmltoolsclient.cpp
index c1f74f70ec5..44c3f9b5a5b 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmldebug/qmltoolsclient.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmldebug/qmltoolsclient.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ QmlToolsClient::QmlToolsClient(QmlDebugConnection *client)
       m_connection(client),
       m_requestId(0),
       m_slowDownFactor(1),
-      m_reloadQueryId(-1)
+      m_reloadQueryId(-1),
+      m_destroyObjectQueryId(-1)
 {
     setObjectName(name());
 }
@@ -87,6 +88,9 @@ void QmlToolsClient::messageReceived(const QByteArray &message)
         if ((m_reloadQueryId != -1) && (m_reloadQueryId == requestId) && success)
             emit reloaded();
 
+        if ((m_destroyObjectQueryId != -1) && (m_destroyObjectQueryId == requestId) && success)
+            emit destroyedObject();
+
         log(LogReceive, type, QString(QLatin1String("requestId: %1 success: %2"))
             .arg(QString::number(requestId)).arg(QString::number(success)));
     } else if (type == QByteArray(EVENT)) {
@@ -277,6 +281,7 @@ void QmlToolsClient::destroyQmlObject(int debugId)
         return;
     QByteArray message;
     QDataStream ds(&message, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    m_destroyObjectQueryId = m_requestId;
     ds << QByteArray(REQUEST) << m_requestId++
        << QByteArray(DESTROY_OBJECT) << debugId;
 
diff --git a/src/libs/qmldebug/qmltoolsclient.h b/src/libs/qmldebug/qmltoolsclient.h
index 35327385adc..219d8367dd8 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmldebug/qmltoolsclient.h
+++ b/src/libs/qmldebug/qmltoolsclient.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ private:
     int m_requestId;
     qreal m_slowDownFactor;
     int m_reloadQueryId;
+    int m_destroyObjectQueryId;
 };
 
 } // namespace QmlDebug
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.cpp
index d0cc42202ec..529cdfb4f86 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ void QmlInspectorAdapter::toolsClientStatusChanged(QmlDebug::ClientStatus status
         connect(client, SIGNAL(logActivity(QString,QString)),
                 m_debugAdapter, SLOT(logServiceActivity(QString,QString)));
         connect(client, SIGNAL(reloaded()), SLOT(onReloaded()));
+        connect(client, SIGNAL(destroyedObject()), SLOT(onDestroyedObject()));
 
         // only enable zoom action for Qt 4.x/old client
         // (zooming is integrated into selection tool in Qt 5).
@@ -657,5 +658,10 @@ void QmlInspectorAdapter::onReloaded()
     }
 }
 
+void QmlInspectorAdapter::onDestroyedObject()
+{
+    m_agent->refreshObjectTree();
+}
+
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace Debugger
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.h b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.h
index 8976c35e116..fcb8538f8d9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ private slots:
     void onUpdateOnSaveChanged(const QVariant &value);
     void onReload();
     void onReloaded();
+    void onDestroyedObject();
 
 private:
     void setActiveEngineClient(QmlDebug::BaseEngineDebugClient *client);