diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorqmlbackend.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorqmlbackend.cpp
index f66e7fb72c5..c38136cdd75 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorqmlbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorqmlbackend.cpp
@@ -461,6 +461,9 @@ void PropertyEditorQmlBackend::setup(const QmlObjectNode &qmlObjectNode, const Q
             }
         );
 
+        contextObject()->setHasMultiSelection(
+            !qmlObjectNode.view()->singleSelectedModelNode().isValid());
+
         qCInfo(propertyEditorBenchmark) << "anchors:" << time.elapsed();
 
         qCInfo(propertyEditorBenchmark) << "context:" << time.elapsed();