diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
index b4e7f9a6eac..01b18a08709 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ void PropertyEditorValue::setExpressionWithEmit(const QString &expression)
         emit expressionChanged(nameAsQString());
         emit expressionChangedQml();// Note that we set the name in this case
     }
+    emit isBoundChanged();
 }
 
 void PropertyEditorValue::setExpression(const QString &expression)