diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorview.cpp
index 8d6d80dfc08..2c40d5ea278 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorview.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ void TextEditorView::nodeIdChanged(const ModelNode& /*node*/, const QString &/*n
 void TextEditorView::selectedNodesChanged(const QList<ModelNode> &/*selectedNodeList*/,
                                           const QList<ModelNode> &/*lastSelectedNodeList*/)
 {
+    m_widget->jumpTextCursorToSelectedModelNode();
 }
 
 void TextEditorView::customNotification(const AbstractView * /*view*/, const QString &/*identifier*/, const QList<ModelNode> &/*nodeList*/, const QList<QVariant> &/*data*/)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.cpp
index ee1a749a492..91c99606a8f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.cpp
@@ -80,4 +80,28 @@ void TextEditorWidget::updateSelectionByCursorPosition()
     }
 }
 
+void TextEditorWidget::jumpTextCursorToSelectedModelNode()
+{
+    ModelNode selectedNode;
+
+    if (!m_textEditorView->selectedModelNodes().isEmpty())
+        selectedNode = m_textEditorView->selectedModelNodes().first();
+
+    if (selectedNode.isValid()) {
+        RewriterView *rewriterView = m_textEditorView->model()->rewriterView();
+
+        const int nodeOffset = rewriterView->nodeOffset(selectedNode);
+        if (nodeOffset > 0) {
+            const ModelNode currentSelectedNode = rewriterView->
+                nodeAtTextCursorPosition(m_textEditor->editorWidget()->textCursor().position());
+
+            if (currentSelectedNode != selectedNode) {
+                int line, column;
+                m_textEditor->editorWidget()->convertPosition(nodeOffset, &line, &column);
+                m_textEditor->editorWidget()->gotoLine(line, column);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.h
index 84cd7297f92..26eca933c9e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/texteditor/texteditorwidget.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     QString contextHelpId() const;
+    void jumpTextCursorToSelectedModelNode();
 
 private:
     void updateSelectionByCursorPosition();