diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/bindingproperty.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/bindingproperty.h
index 482534c9621..7d61cd512cb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/bindingproperty.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/bindingproperty.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ public:
     bool isList() const;
     QList<ModelNode> resolveToModelNodeList() const;
 
+    bool isAliasExport() const;
+
 protected:
     BindingProperty(const PropertyName &propertyName, const Internal::InternalNodePointer &internalNode, Model* model, AbstractView *view);
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
index 6f705b1097a..a9e4194c965 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/bindingproperty.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,18 @@ QList<ModelNode> BindingProperty::resolveToModelNodeList() const
     return returnList;
 }
 
+bool BindingProperty::isAliasExport() const
+{
+    if (!isValid())
+        throw InvalidModelNodeException(__LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __FILE__);
+
+    return parentModelNode() == parentModelNode().view()->rootModelNode()
+            && isDynamic()
+            && dynamicTypeName() == "alias"
+            && name() == expression()
+            && parentModelNode().view()->modelNodeForId(expression()).isValid();
+}
+
 void BindingProperty::setDynamicTypeNameAndExpression(const TypeName &typeName, const QString &expression)
 {
     Internal::WriteLocker locker(model());