diff --git a/src/libs/qmldebug/baseenginedebugclient.cpp b/src/libs/qmldebug/baseenginedebugclient.cpp
index 7817ac65e2f..bc85287e8c9 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmldebug/baseenginedebugclient.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmldebug/baseenginedebugclient.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ void BaseEngineDebugClient::messageReceived(const QByteArray &data)
     ds >> type;
 
     if (type == "OBJECT_CREATED") {
-        emit newObjects();
+        int engineId;
+        int objectId;
+        ds >> engineId >> objectId;
+        emit newObject(engineId, objectId, -1);
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libs/qmldebug/baseenginedebugclient.h b/src/libs/qmldebug/baseenginedebugclient.h
index 75fc7a16593..ae898822c55 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmldebug/baseenginedebugclient.h
+++ b/src/libs/qmldebug/baseenginedebugclient.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public:
 
 signals:
     void newStatus(QmlDebug::ClientStatus status);
-    void newObjects();
+    void newObject(int engineId, int objectId, int parentId);
     void valueChanged(int debugId, const QByteArray &name,
                       const QVariant &value);
     void result(quint32 queryId, const QVariant &result, const QByteArray &type);
diff --git a/src/libs/qmldebug/qmlenginedebugclient.cpp b/src/libs/qmldebug/qmlenginedebugclient.cpp
index 2ebfadbc5d3..35d9ee7a0ff 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmldebug/qmlenginedebugclient.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmldebug/qmlenginedebugclient.cpp
@@ -90,4 +90,22 @@ quint32 QmlEngineDebugClient::setMethodBody(
     return id;
 }
 
+void QmlEngineDebugClient::messageReceived(const QByteArray &data)
+{
+    QDataStream ds(data);
+    int queryId;
+    QByteArray type;
+    ds >> type >> queryId;
+
+    if (type == "OBJECT_CREATED") {
+        int engineId;
+        int objectId;
+        int parentId;
+        ds >> engineId >> objectId >> parentId;
+        emit newObject(engineId, objectId, parentId);
+        return;
+    } else {
+        BaseEngineDebugClient::messageReceived(data);
+    }
+}
 } // namespace QmlDebug
diff --git a/src/libs/qmldebug/qmlenginedebugclient.h b/src/libs/qmldebug/qmlenginedebugclient.h
index 22119f75df5..adb2e434d7a 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmldebug/qmlenginedebugclient.h
+++ b/src/libs/qmldebug/qmlenginedebugclient.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ public:
     quint32 resetBindingForObject(int objectDebugId, const QString &propertyName);
     quint32 setMethodBody(int objectDebugId, const QString &methodName,
                           const QString &methodBody);
+
+protected:
+    void messageReceived(const QByteArray &data);
 };
 
 } // namespace QmlDebug
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoragent.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoragent.cpp
index 0b83f52fc4f..9cb35e0ffd4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoragent.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoragent.cpp
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ void QmlInspectorAgent::setEngineClient(BaseEngineDebugClient *client)
                    this, SLOT(updateStatus()));
         disconnect(m_engineClient, SIGNAL(result(quint32,QVariant,QByteArray)),
                    this, SLOT(onResult(quint32,QVariant,QByteArray)));
-        disconnect(m_engineClient, SIGNAL(newObjects()),
-                   this, SLOT(newObjects()));
+        disconnect(m_engineClient, SIGNAL(newObject(int,int,int)),
+                   this, SLOT(newObject(int,int,int)));
     }
 
     m_engineClient = client;
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ void QmlInspectorAgent::setEngineClient(BaseEngineDebugClient *client)
                 this, SLOT(updateStatus()));
         connect(m_engineClient, SIGNAL(result(quint32,QVariant,QByteArray)),
                 this, SLOT(onResult(quint32,QVariant,QByteArray)));
-        connect(m_engineClient, SIGNAL(newObjects()),
-                this, SLOT(newObjects()));
+        connect(m_engineClient, SIGNAL(newObject(int,int,int)),
+                this, SLOT(newObject(int,int,int)));
     }
 
     updateStatus();
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ void QmlInspectorAgent::onResult(quint32 queryId, const QVariant &value,
 
 }
 
-void QmlInspectorAgent::newObjects()
+void QmlInspectorAgent::newObject(int /*engineId*/, int /*objectId*/, int /*parentId*/)
 {
     if (debug)
         qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << "()";
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoragent.h b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoragent.h
index 9248a9d7c2e..0d0eafbe625 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoragent.h
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoragent.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ signals:
 private slots:
     void updateStatus();
     void onResult(quint32 queryId, const QVariant &value, const QByteArray &type);
-    void newObjects();
+    void newObject(int engineId, int objectId, int parentId);
 
 private:
     void reloadEngines();