diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlinspector/components/objecttree.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlinspector/components/objecttree.cpp
index 31e265e6bcf0e2ad367d958a4fc7f31c5736d183..23565d2fe002a38f96134e85a10668f0c5599d1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlinspector/components/objecttree.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlinspector/components/objecttree.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void ObjectTree::buildTree(const QDeclarativeDebugObjectReference &obj, QTreeWid
 
     QTreeWidgetItem *item = parent ? new QTreeWidgetItem(parent) : new QTreeWidgetItem(this);
     if (obj.idString().isEmpty())
-        item->setText(0, obj.className());
+        item->setText(0, QLatin1String("<")+obj.className()+QLatin1String(">"));
     else
         item->setText(0, obj.idString());
     item->setData(0, Qt::UserRole, qVariantFromValue(obj));