diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/modelnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/modelnode.h
index 0f382d21ba6..faeceeb79bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/modelnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/modelnode.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ public:
     NodeSourceType nodeSourceType() const;
 
     bool isComponent() const;
+    bool isSubclassOf(const TypeName &typeName, int majorVersion = -1, int minorVersion = -1) const;
 
 private: // functions
     Internal::InternalNodePointer internalNode() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
index bb4acac0962..4ca9c84404e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/modelnode.cpp
@@ -1072,4 +1072,12 @@ bool ModelNode::isComponent() const
     return false;
 }
 
+bool ModelNode::isSubclassOf(const TypeName &typeName, int majorVersion, int minorVersion) const
+{
+    if (metaInfo().isValid())
+        return metaInfo().isSubclassOf(typeName, majorVersion, minorVersion);
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 }