diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
index f9c0af684ea..9c65dcc3b08 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ public:
 
     QStringList importDirectories() const;
 
+    QSet<QPair<QString, QString> > qrcMapping() const;
+
 signals:
     void errorsChanged(const QList<RewriterView::Error> &errors);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
index 9ac9a585daf..8b01b260f35 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ NodeInstanceServerProxy::NodeInstanceServerProxy(NodeInstanceView *nodeInstanceV
 
    PuppetCreator::QmlPuppetVersion puppetVersion = hasQtQuick1(nodeInstanceView) ? PuppetCreator::Qml1Puppet : PuppetCreator::Qml2Puppet;
    PuppetCreator puppetCreator(kit, QString(), nodeInstanceView->model(), puppetVersion);
-
+   puppetCreator.setQrcMappingString(qrcMappingString());
 
    puppetCreator.createPuppetExecutableIfMissing();
 
@@ -326,6 +326,30 @@ void NodeInstanceServerProxy::puppetAlive(NodeInstanceServerProxy::PuppetStreamT
     }
 }
 
+QString NodeInstanceServerProxy::qrcMappingString() const
+{
+    if (m_nodeInstanceView && m_nodeInstanceView.data()->model()) {
+        RewriterView *rewriterView = m_nodeInstanceView.data()->model()->rewriterView();
+        if (rewriterView) {
+            QString mappingString;
+
+            typedef QPair<QString, QString> StringPair;
+
+            foreach (const StringPair &pair, rewriterView->qrcMapping()) {
+                if (!mappingString.isEmpty())
+                    mappingString.append(QLatin1String(","));
+                mappingString.append(pair.first);
+                mappingString.append(QLatin1String("="));
+                mappingString.append(pair.second);
+            }
+
+            return mappingString;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return QString();
+}
+
 void NodeInstanceServerProxy::processFinished()
 {
     processFinished(-1, QProcess::CrashExit);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.h
index 6790110279b..581be7ad476 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ protected:
     void dispatchCommand(const QVariant &command, PuppetStreamType puppetStreamType);
     NodeInstanceClientInterface *nodeInstanceClient() const;
     void puppetAlive(PuppetStreamType puppetStreamType);
+    QString qrcMappingString() const;
 
 signals:
     void processCrashed();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
index e47293a3841..beab9c2af0f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ QProcessEnvironment PuppetCreator::processEnvironment() const
     environment.set("QML_USE_MOCKUPS", "true");
     environment.set("QML_PUPPET_MODE", "true");
 
+    if (!m_qrcMapping.isEmpty()) {
+        environment.set(QLatin1String("QMLDESIGNER_RC_PATHS"), m_qrcMapping);
+    }
+
     if (m_availablePuppetType != FallbackPuppet) {
         if (m_puppetVersion == Qml1Puppet)
             environment.appendOrSet("QML_IMPORT_PATH", m_model->importPaths().join(pathSep), pathSep);
@@ -385,6 +389,11 @@ QString PuppetCreator::compileLog() const
     return m_compileLog;
 }
 
+void PuppetCreator::setQrcMappingString(const QString qrcMapping)
+{
+    m_qrcMapping = qrcMapping;
+}
+
 bool PuppetCreator::startBuildProcess(const QString &buildDirectoryPath,
                                       const QString &command,
                                       const QStringList &processArguments,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.h
index ab27deb6d90..e914f787bad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ public:
 
     QString compileLog() const;
 
+    void setQrcMappingString(const QString qrcMapping);
+
 protected:
     bool build(const QString &qmlPuppetProjectFilePath) const;
 
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ private:
     static QHash<Core::Id, PuppetType> m_qml1PuppetForKitPuppetHash;
     static QHash<Core::Id, PuppetType> m_qml2PuppetForKitPuppetHash;
     const Model *m_model;
+    QString m_qrcMapping;
     QmlPuppetVersion m_puppetVersion;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
index a7127c66e8f..55e53700d7a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
@@ -766,6 +766,11 @@ QStringList RewriterView::importDirectories() const
     return m_textToModelMerger->vContext().paths;
 }
 
+QSet<QPair<QString, QString> > RewriterView::qrcMapping() const
+{
+    return m_textToModelMerger->qrcMapping();
+}
+
 void RewriterView::qmlTextChanged()
 {
     if (inErrorState())
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
index 6ab8cd7dd04..f5c89218264 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ bool TextToModelMerger::load(const QString &data, DifferenceHandler &differenceH
     // maybe the project environment (kit, ...) changed, so we need to clean old caches
     NodeMetaInfo::clearCache();
 
+    m_qrcMapping.clear();
 
     const QUrl url = m_rewriterView->model()->fileUrl();
 
@@ -1411,11 +1412,33 @@ void TextToModelMerger::syncArrayProperty(AbstractProperty &modelProperty,
     }
 }
 
+static QString fileForFullQrcPath(const QString &string)
+{
+    QStringList stringList = string.split(QLatin1String("/"));
+    if (stringList.isEmpty())
+        return QString();
+
+    return stringList.last();
+}
+
+static QString removeFileFromQrcPath(const QString &string)
+{
+    QStringList stringList = string.split(QLatin1String("/"));
+    if (stringList.isEmpty())
+        return QString();
+
+    stringList.removeLast();
+    return stringList.join(QLatin1String("/"));
+}
+
 void TextToModelMerger::syncVariantProperty(AbstractProperty &modelProperty,
                                             const QVariant &astValue,
                                             const TypeName &astType,
                                             DifferenceHandler &differenceHandler)
 {
+    if (astValue.canConvert(QMetaType::QString))
+        populateQrcMapping(astValue.toString());
+
     if (modelProperty.isVariantProperty()) {
         VariantProperty modelVariantProperty = modelProperty.toVariantProperty();
 
@@ -1909,6 +1932,25 @@ void TextToModelMerger::setupComponent(const ModelNode &node)
         ModelNode(node).setNodeSource(result);
 }
 
+void TextToModelMerger::populateQrcMapping(const QString &filePath)
+{
+    QString path = removeFileFromQrcPath(filePath);
+    QString fileName = fileForFullQrcPath(filePath);
+    if (path.contains(QLatin1String("qrc:"))) {
+        path.remove(QLatin1String("qrc:"));
+        QMap<QString,QStringList> map = ModelManagerInterface::instance()->filesInQrcPath(path);
+        if (map.contains(fileName)) {
+            if (!map.value(fileName).isEmpty()) {
+                QString fileSystemPath =  map.value(fileName).first();
+                fileSystemPath.remove(fileName);
+                if (path.isEmpty())
+                    path.prepend(QLatin1String("/"));
+                m_qrcMapping.insert(qMakePair(path, fileSystemPath));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void TextToModelMerger::setupComponentDelayed(const ModelNode &node, bool synchron)
 {
     if (synchron) {
@@ -1957,6 +1999,11 @@ void TextToModelMerger::delayedSetup()
     m_setupComponentList.clear();
 }
 
+QSet<QPair<QString, QString> > TextToModelMerger::qrcMapping() const
+{
+    return m_qrcMapping;
+}
+
 QString TextToModelMerger::textAt(const Document::Ptr &doc,
                                   const AST::SourceLocation &location)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.h
index 3ee8f086f8e..c9cf71a8b00 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.h
@@ -131,10 +131,15 @@ public:
     void setupCustomParserNodeDelayed(const ModelNode &node, bool synchron);
 
     void delayedSetup();
+
+    QSet<QPair<QString, QString> > qrcMapping() const;
+
 private:
     void setupCustomParserNode(const ModelNode &node);
     void setupComponent(const ModelNode &node);
 
+    void populateQrcMapping(const QString &filePath);
+
     static QString textAt(const QmlJS::Document::Ptr &doc,
                           const QmlJS::AST::SourceLocation &location);
     static QString textAt(const QmlJS::Document::Ptr &doc,
@@ -150,6 +155,7 @@ private:
     QSet<ModelNode> m_setupComponentList;
     QSet<ModelNode> m_setupCustomParserList;
     QmlJS::ViewerContext m_vContext;
+    QSet<QPair<QString, QString> > m_qrcMapping;
 };
 
 class DifferenceHandler