diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/designercore/model/model.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/designercore/model/model.cpp
index d9e5bc9deb3..4f4dfeed7fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/designercore/model/model.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/libs/designercore/model/model.cpp
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ void ModelPrivate::setFileUrl(const QUrl &fileUrl)
             m_sourceId = pathCache->sourceId(SourcePath{path});
             auto found = std::find(path.rbegin(), path.rend(), u'/').base();
             m_localPath = Utils::PathString{QStringView{path.begin(), std::prev(found)}};
+            auto imports = createStorageImports(m_imports, m_localPath, *projectStorage, m_sourceId);
+            projectStorage->synchronizeDocumentImports(std::move(imports), m_sourceId);
         }
 
         for (const QPointer<AbstractView> &view : std::as_const(m_viewList))
diff --git a/tests/unit/tests/unittests/model/model-test.cpp b/tests/unit/tests/unittests/model/model-test.cpp
index edd2539e7fe..15d2bb86aa8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tests/unittests/model/model-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/tests/unittests/model/model-test.cpp
@@ -1438,4 +1438,16 @@ TEST_F(Model_FileUrl, do_not_notify_if_there_is_no_change)
 
     model.setFileUrl(fileUrl);
 }
+
+TEST_F(Model_FileUrl, updated_local_path_module)
+{
+    auto localPathModuleId = projectStorageMock.moduleId("/path", ModuleKind::PathLibrary);
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(projectStorageMock,
+                synchronizeDocumentImports(Contains(IsImport(localPathModuleId, barSourceId, -1, -1)),
+                                           barSourceId));
+
+    model.setFileUrl(barFilePathUrl);
+}
+
 } // namespace