diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.cpp
index df8fc02bc01..d628b3191cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ void addSourceIds(SourceIds &sourceIds, const Storage::ProjectDatas &projectData
         sourceIds.push_back(projectData.sourceId);
 }
 
+Storage::Version convertVersion(LanguageUtils::ComponentVersion version)
+{
+    return Storage::Version{version.majorVersion(), version.minorVersion()};
+}
+
+Storage::IsAutoVersion convertToIsAutoVersion(QmlDirParser::Import::Flags flags)
+{
+    if (flags & QmlDirParser::Import::Flag::Auto)
+        return Storage::IsAutoVersion::Yes;
+    return Storage::IsAutoVersion::No;
+}
+
 void addDependencies(Storage::Imports &dependencies,
                      SourceId sourceId,
                      const QList<QmlDirParser::Import> &qmldirDependencies,
@@ -91,6 +103,30 @@ void addDependencies(Storage::Imports &dependencies,
     }
 }
 
+void addModuleExportedImports(Storage::ModuleExportedImports &imports,
+                              ModuleId moduleId,
+                              const QList<QmlDirParser::Import> &qmldirImports,
+                              ProjectStorageInterface &projectStorage)
+{
+    for (const QmlDirParser::Import &qmldirImport : qmldirImports) {
+        if (qmldirImport.flags & QmlDirParser::Import::Flag::Optional)
+            continue;
+
+        ModuleId exportedModuleId = projectStorage.moduleId(Utils::PathString{qmldirImport.module});
+        imports.emplace_back(moduleId,
+                             exportedModuleId,
+                             convertVersion(qmldirImport.version),
+                             convertToIsAutoVersion(qmldirImport.flags));
+
+        ModuleId exportedCppModuleId = projectStorage.moduleId(
+            Utils::PathString{qmldirImport.module} + "-cppnative");
+        imports.emplace_back(moduleId,
+                             exportedCppModuleId,
+                             Storage::Version{},
+                             Storage::IsAutoVersion::No);
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 void ProjectStorageUpdater::update(QStringList qmlDirs, QStringList qmlTypesPaths)
@@ -162,6 +198,12 @@ void ProjectStorageUpdater::updateQmldirs(const QStringList &qmlDirs,
             Utils::PathString moduleName{parser.typeNamespace()};
             ModuleId moduleId = m_projectStorage.moduleId(moduleName);
 
+            addModuleExportedImports(package.moduleExportedImports,
+                                     moduleId,
+                                     parser.imports(),
+                                     m_projectStorage);
+            package.updatedModuleIds.push_back(moduleId);
+
             const auto qmlProjectDatas = m_projectStorage.fetchProjectDatas(qmlDirSourceId);
             addSourceIds(package.updatedSourceIds, qmlProjectDatas);
             addSourceIds(package.updatedFileStatusSourceIds, qmlProjectDatas);
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
index b5e407dc2c7..69ed54ef9b5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ namespace Storage = QmlDesigner::Storage;
 using QmlDesigner::IdPaths;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::FileType;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::Import;
+using QmlDesigner::Storage::IsAutoVersion;
+using QmlDesigner::Storage::ModuleExportedImport;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::ProjectData;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::SynchronizationPackage;
 using QmlDesigner::Storage::Version;
@@ -245,6 +247,8 @@ protected:
     ModuleId exampleCppNativeModuleId{storage.moduleId("Example-cppnative")};
     ModuleId builtinModuleId{storage.moduleId("QML")};
     ModuleId builtinCppNativeModuleId{storage.moduleId("QML-cppnative")};
+    ModuleId quickModuleId{storage.moduleId("Quick")};
+    ModuleId quickCppNativeModuleId{storage.moduleId("Quick-cppnative")};
     Storage::Type objectType{"QObject",
                              Storage::ImportedType{},
                              Storage::TypeAccessSemantics::Reference,
@@ -1089,4 +1093,60 @@ TEST_F(ProjectStorageUpdater, SynchronizeQmldirWithNoDependencies)
     updater.update(qmlDirs, {});
 }
 
+TEST_F(ProjectStorageUpdater, SynchronizeQmldirImports)
+{
+    QString qmldir{R"(module Example
+                      import Qml auto
+                      import QML 2.1
+                      import Quick
+                      )"};
+    ON_CALL(fileSystemMock, contentAsQString(Eq(QString("/path/qmldir")))).WillByDefault(Return(qmldir));
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(projectStorageMock,
+                synchronize(
+                    AllOf(Field(&SynchronizationPackage::moduleExportedImports,
+                                UnorderedElementsAre(ModuleExportedImport{exampleModuleId,
+                                                                          qmlModuleId,
+                                                                          Storage::Version{},
+                                                                          IsAutoVersion::Yes},
+                                                     ModuleExportedImport{exampleModuleId,
+                                                                          qmlCppNativeModuleId,
+                                                                          Storage::Version{},
+                                                                          IsAutoVersion::No},
+                                                     ModuleExportedImport{exampleModuleId,
+                                                                          builtinModuleId,
+                                                                          Storage::Version{2, 1},
+                                                                          IsAutoVersion::No},
+                                                     ModuleExportedImport{exampleModuleId,
+                                                                          builtinCppNativeModuleId,
+                                                                          Storage::Version{},
+                                                                          IsAutoVersion::No},
+                                                     ModuleExportedImport{exampleModuleId,
+                                                                          quickModuleId,
+                                                                          Storage::Version{},
+                                                                          IsAutoVersion::No},
+                                                     ModuleExportedImport{exampleModuleId,
+                                                                          quickCppNativeModuleId,
+                                                                          Storage::Version{},
+                                                                          IsAutoVersion::No})),
+                          Field(&SynchronizationPackage::updatedModuleIds,
+                                ElementsAre(exampleModuleId)))));
+
+    updater.update(qmlDirs, {});
+}
+
+TEST_F(ProjectStorageUpdater, SynchronizeQmldirWithNoImports)
+{
+    QString qmldir{R"(module Example
+                      )"};
+    ON_CALL(fileSystemMock, contentAsQString(Eq(QString("/path/qmldir")))).WillByDefault(Return(qmldir));
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(projectStorageMock,
+                synchronize(AllOf(Field(&SynchronizationPackage::moduleExportedImports, IsEmpty()),
+                                  Field(&SynchronizationPackage::updatedModuleIds,
+                                        ElementsAre(exampleModuleId)))));
+
+    updater.update(qmlDirs, {});
+}
+
 } // namespace