diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryitem.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryitem.cpp
index be747266f1c..827c07e8f4a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryitem.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ QString ItemLibraryItem::itemName() const
     return m_itemLibraryEntry.name();
 }
 
+QString ItemLibraryItem::typeName() const
+{
+    return QString::fromUtf8(m_itemLibraryEntry.typeName());
+}
+
 QString ItemLibraryItem::itemLibraryIconPath() const
 {
     //Prepend image provider prefix
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryitem.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryitem.h
index c5ac7d8d879..745418dfeab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryitem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryitem.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public:
     ~ItemLibraryItem();
 
     QString itemName() const;
+    QString typeName() const;
     QString itemLibraryIconPath() const;
 
     bool setVisible(bool isVisible);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysection.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysection.cpp
index 792d8539bd4..73d89b7b576 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysection.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarysection.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ bool ItemLibrarySection::updateSectionVisibility(const QString &searchText, bool
     *changed = false;
 
     foreach(ItemLibraryItem *itemLibraryItem, m_sectionEntries.items()) {
-        bool itemVisible = itemLibraryItem->itemName().toLower().contains(searchText);
+        bool itemVisible = itemLibraryItem->itemName().toLower().contains(searchText)
+                || itemLibraryItem->typeName().toLower().contains(searchText);
 
         bool itemChanged = itemLibraryItem->setVisible(itemVisible);