diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f2c3e091cb..1d56e323e9a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ extend_qtc_plugin(QmlDesigner
     materialeditorqmlbackend.cpp materialeditorqmlbackend.h
     materialeditortransaction.cpp materialeditortransaction.h
     materialeditorview.cpp materialeditorview.h
+    materialeditor.qrc
 )
 
 extend_qtc_plugin(QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowserwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowserwidget.cpp
index 4ca84cdfb9d..156add5d2da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowserwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialbrowser/materialbrowserwidget.cpp
@@ -81,11 +81,15 @@ public:
     {
         Q_UNUSED(requestedSize)
 
+        static QPixmap defaultPreview = QPixmap::fromImage(QImage(":/materialeditor/images/defaultmaterialpreview.png"));
+
         QPixmap pixmap{150, 150};
 
         qint32 internalId = id.toInt();
         if (m_pixmaps.contains(internalId))
             pixmap = m_pixmaps.value(internalId);
+        else
+            pixmap = defaultPreview;
 
         if (size)
             *size = pixmap.size();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/images/defaultmaterialpreview.png b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/images/defaultmaterialpreview.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93073719f55
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/images/defaultmaterialpreview.png differ
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditor.qrc b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditor.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ed3c769175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditor.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="/materialeditor">
+        <file>images/defaultmaterialpreview.png</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorqmlbackend.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorqmlbackend.cpp
index 828e5fab006..7c5d8436226 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorqmlbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorqmlbackend.cpp
@@ -77,16 +77,21 @@ public:
     {
         Q_UNUSED(requestedSize)
 
+        static QPixmap defaultPreview = QPixmap::fromImage(QImage(":/materialeditor/images/defaultmaterialpreview.png"));
+
         QPixmap pixmap{150, 150};
 
         if (id == "preview") {
             if (!m_previewPixmap.isNull())
                 pixmap = m_previewPixmap;
+            else
+                pixmap = defaultPreview;
         } else {
-            QString path = Core::ICore::resourcePath("qmldesigner/materialEditorQmlSources/images/" + id).toString();
-            pixmap = QPixmap{path};
+            qWarning() << __FUNCTION__ << "Unsupported image id:" << id;
+            pixmap.fill(Qt::red);
         }
 
+
         if (size)
             *size = pixmap.size();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
index 2d0055b8c93..ed113d4fe57 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.qbs
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ Project {
                 "materialeditor/materialeditortransaction.h",
                 "materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp",
                 "materialeditor/materialeditorview.h",
+                "materialeditor/materialeditor.qrc",
                 "navigator/iconcheckboxitemdelegate.cpp",
                 "navigator/iconcheckboxitemdelegate.h",
                 "navigator/nameitemdelegate.cpp",