diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.cpp b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.cpp
index db26ca7fb1b0262f60912127c11f6e513e007b75..514c734c23c0306dcda157f80afcbce5d741956b 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ public:
 
     QString typeName() const
     { return m_type; }
+
+    bool isList() const
+    { return m_isList; }
 };
 
 class FakeMetaObject {
@@ -859,6 +862,15 @@ QString QmlObjectValue::propertyType(const QString &propertyName) const
     return QString();
 }
 
+bool QmlObjectValue::isListProperty(const QString &name) const
+{
+    int idx = _metaObject->propertyIndex(name);
+    if (idx == -1)
+        return false;
+    FakeMetaProperty prop = _metaObject->property(idx);
+    return prop.isList();
+}
+
 bool QmlObjectValue::isEnum(const QString &typeName) const
 {
     return _metaObject->enumeratorIndex(typeName) != -1;
diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.h b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.h
index 461e6a718fefc0fd68a7b3bf79a5b2051c52f179..97800977b7b74b1506156b1a0e7544ddd706fad7 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.h
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.h
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ public:
     int minorVersion() const;
     QString defaultPropertyName() const;
     QString propertyType(const QString &propertyName) const;
+    bool isListProperty(const QString &name) const;
     bool isEnum(const QString &typeName) const;
 
 protected:
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
index b873af7d9f56ea331f89c8991296efec0a484eb8..5a827cc5a7885616e01018d40e4d7d7bc564d323 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/core/model/texttomodelmerger.cpp
@@ -303,15 +303,23 @@ public:
         return true;
     }
 
-    bool isArrayProperty(const Interpreter::Value *value)
+    bool isArrayProperty(const Interpreter::Value *value, const Interpreter::ObjectValue *containingObject, const QString &name)
     {
         if (!value)
             return false;
         const Interpreter::ObjectValue *objectValue = value->asObjectValue();
-        if (!objectValue)
-            return false;
+        if (objectValue && objectValue->prototype(m_context) == m_engine->arrayPrototype())
+            return true;
 
-        return objectValue->prototype(m_context) == m_engine->arrayPrototype();
+        for (const Interpreter::ObjectValue *iter = containingObject; iter; iter = iter->prototype(m_context)) {
+            if (iter->property(name, m_context) == m_engine->arrayPrototype())
+                return true;
+            if (const Interpreter::QmlObjectValue *qmlIter = dynamic_cast<const Interpreter::QmlObjectValue *>(iter)) {
+                if (qmlIter->isListProperty(name))
+                    return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     QVariant convertToVariant(const QString &astValue, UiQualifiedId *propertyId)
@@ -580,10 +588,12 @@ void TextToModelMerger::syncNode(ModelNode &modelNode,
             if (binding->hasOnToken) {
                 // skip value sources
             } else {
-                const Interpreter::Value *propertyType;
-                if (context->lookupProperty(binding->qualifiedId, &propertyType) || typeName == QLatin1String("Qt/PropertyChanges")) {
+                const Interpreter::Value *propertyType = 0;
+                const Interpreter::ObjectValue *containingObject = 0;
+                QString name;
+                if (context->lookupProperty(binding->qualifiedId, &propertyType, &containingObject, &name) || typeName == QLatin1String("Qt/PropertyChanges")) {
                     AbstractProperty modelProperty = modelNode.property(astPropertyName);
-                    if (context->isArrayProperty(propertyType)) {
+                    if (context->isArrayProperty(propertyType, containingObject, name)) {
                         syncArrayProperty(modelProperty, QList<QmlJS::AST::UiObjectMember*>() << member, context, differenceHandler);
                     } else {
                         syncNodeProperty(modelProperty, binding, context, differenceHandler);
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/testcore.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/testcore.cpp
index 9e55914569fcfb0a6ecc08823b7799d7c5e63e6c..eb5b029ef29aae47e76df8e3f5be6b1ee4d9f186 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/testcore.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/testcore.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ void TestCore::testModelCreateCoreModel()
 // TODO: this need to e updated for states
 void TestCore::loadEmptyCoreModel()
 {
-    QList<QDeclarativeError> errors;
     QFile file(":/fx/empty.qml");
     QVERIFY(file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text));