diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatcher.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatcher.h
index 1e89b6185cb..6d14d1e42f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatcher.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatcher.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ void set_greedy_intersection_call(
     }
 }
 
-
 template<typename FileSystemWatcher, typename Timer, class SourcePathCache>
 class ProjectStoragePathWatcher : public ProjectStoragePathWatcherInterface
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h
index 33d0f99e32f..43fd5237103 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ public:
                           FileStatusCache &fileStatusCache,
                           PathCache &pathCache,
                           QmlDocumentParserInterface &qmlDocumentParser,
-                          QmlTypesParserInterface &qmlTypesParser)
+                          QmlTypesParserInterface &qmlTypesParser,
+                          class ProjectStoragePathWatcherInterface &pathWatcher)
         : m_fileSystem{fileSystem}
         , m_projectStorage{projectStorage}
         , m_fileStatusCache{fileStatusCache}
         , m_pathCache{pathCache}
         , m_qmlDocumentParser{qmlDocumentParser}
         , m_qmlTypesParser{qmlTypesParser}
+        , m_pathWatcher{pathWatcher}
     {}
 
     void update(QStringList directories, QStringList qmlTypesPaths);
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ private:
     PathCache &m_pathCache;
     QmlDocumentParserInterface &m_qmlDocumentParser;
     QmlTypesParserInterface &m_qmlTypesParser;
+    ProjectStoragePathWatcherInterface &m_pathWatcher;
 };
 
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerprojectmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerprojectmanager.cpp
index 766b18af463..46a5e925b8b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerprojectmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerprojectmanager.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <projectstorage/filesystem.h>
 #include <projectstorage/nonlockingmutex.h>
 #include <projectstorage/projectstorage.h>
+#include <projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatcher.h>
 #include <projectstorage/projectstorageupdater.h>
 #include <projectstorage/qmldocumentparser.h>
 #include <projectstorage/qmltypesparser.h>
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 
+#include <QFileSystemWatcher>
 #include <QQmlEngine>
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
@@ -179,8 +181,15 @@ public:
     FileStatusCache fileStatusCache{fileSystem};
     QmlDocumentParser qmlDocumentParser{storage, pathCache};
     QmlTypesParser qmlTypesParser{pathCache, storage};
-    ProjectStorageUpdater updater{
-        fileSystem, storage, fileStatusCache, pathCache, qmlDocumentParser, qmlTypesParser};
+    ProjectStoragePathWatcher<QFileSystemWatcher, QTimer, ProjectStorageUpdater::PathCache>
+        pathWatcher{pathCache, fileSystem, &updater};
+    ProjectStorageUpdater updater{fileSystem,
+                                  storage,
+                                  fileStatusCache,
+                                  pathCache,
+                                  qmlDocumentParser,
+                                  qmlTypesParser,
+                                  pathWatcher};
 };
 
 std::unique_ptr<ProjectStorageData> createProjectStorageData(::ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/projectstoragepathwatchermock.h b/tests/unit/unittest/projectstoragepathwatchermock.h
index 61d66c1d417..b0902c24442 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/projectstoragepathwatchermock.h
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/projectstoragepathwatchermock.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "projectstorage/projectstoragepathwatcherinterface.h"
 
-class MockProjectStoragePathWatcher : public QmlDesigner::ProjectStoragePathWatcherInterface
+class ProjectStoragePathWatcherMock : public QmlDesigner::ProjectStoragePathWatcherInterface
 {
 public:
     MOCK_METHOD(void, updateIdPaths, (const std::vector<QmlDesigner::IdPaths> &idPaths), ());
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
index 6d55565c1e2..39f8cdd87d9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/projectstorageupdater-test.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "filesystemmock.h"
 #include "projectstoragemock.h"
+#include "projectstoragepathwatchermock.h"
 #include "qmldocumentparsermock.h"
 #include "qmltypesparsermock.h"
 
@@ -218,12 +219,14 @@ protected:
     QmlDesigner::ProjectStorage<Sqlite::Database> storage{database, database.isInitialized()};
     QmlDesigner::SourcePathCache<QmlDesigner::ProjectStorage<Sqlite::Database>> sourcePathCache{
         storage};
+    NiceMock<ProjectStoragePathWatcherMock> patchWatcherMock;
     QmlDesigner::ProjectStorageUpdater updater{fileSystemMock,
                                                projectStorageMock,
                                                fileStatusCache,
                                                sourcePathCache,
                                                qmlDocumentParserMock,
-                                               qmlTypesParserMock};
+                                               qmlTypesParserMock,
+                                               patchWatcherMock};
     SourceId qmltypesPathSourceId = sourcePathCache.sourceId("/path/example.qmltypes");
     SourceId qmltypes2PathSourceId = sourcePathCache.sourceId("/path/types/example2.qmltypes");
     SourceId qmlDirPathSourceId = sourcePathCache.sourceId("/path/qmldir");