diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/import.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/import.h
index 1e2d8ba9c72..b49846f2a58 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/import.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/import.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public:
     QString toImportString() const;
 
     bool operator==(const Import &other) const;
+    bool isSameModule(const Import &other) const;
 
 private:
     Import(const QString &url, const QString &file, const QString &version, const QString &alias, const QStringList &importPaths);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/import.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/import.cpp
index 250d007098c..b2a46ea264c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/import.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/import.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ bool Import::operator==(const Import &other) const
     return url() == other.url() && file() == other.file() && version() == other.version() && alias() == other.alias();
 }
 
+bool Import::isSameModule(const Import &other) const
+{
+    if (isLibraryImport())
+        return url() == other.url();
+    else
+        return file() == other.file();
+}
+
 uint qHash(const Import &import)
 {
     return ::qHash(import.url()) ^ ::qHash(import.file()) ^ ::qHash(import.version()) ^ ::qHash(import.alias());