diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
index fb695723a8e..b70b97d104b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlitemnode.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ QmlItemNode QmlItemNode::createQmlItemNodeFromImage(AbstractView *view, const QS
 
             newQmlItemNode.setId(view->generateNewId(QLatin1String("image")));
 
+            newQmlItemNode.modelNode().variantProperty("fillMode").setEnumeration("Image.PreserveAspectFit");
+
             Q_ASSERT(newQmlItemNode.isValid());
         }
         Q_ASSERT(newQmlItemNode.isValid());