diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
index 1c4a52f1679..f993b6d6e18 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static inline QVariant convertDynamicPropertyValueToVariant(const QString &astVa
 
 static bool isComponentType(const QmlDesigner::TypeName &type)
 {
-    return  type == "Component" || type == "Qt.Component" || type == "QtQuick.Component";
+    return  type == "Component" || type == "Qt.Component" || type == "QtQuick.Component" || type == "<cpp>.QQmlComponent";
 }
 
 static bool isCustomParserType(const QString &type)