diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/Makefile.am b/modules/gui/qt/Makefile.am
index 8a461b9307bbf173e67710f1490741e496dc1f93..296e951fc4d34850135ed7cf7c0ed3431566e603 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/Makefile.am
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/Makefile.am
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ libqt_plugin_la_QML = \
 	gui/qt/util/qml/ViewDragAutoScrollHandler.qml \
 	gui/qt/util/qml/BindingRev8.qml \
 	gui/qt/util/qml/BindingRev14.qml \
+	gui/qt/util/qml/VanillaObject.qml \
 	gui/qt/widgets/qml/ActionButtonOverlay.qml \
 	gui/qt/widgets/qml/ActionButtonPrimary.qml \
 	gui/qt/widgets/qml/BannerTabButton.qml \
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/util/qml/VanillaObject.qml b/modules/gui/qt/util/qml/VanillaObject.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7e868a12e9d7a450f016572ad48f269c5b2ed6ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/util/qml/VanillaObject.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 VLC authors and VideoLAN
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * ( at your option ) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+import QtQuick 2.11
+
+QtObject {
+    id: object
+
+    default property alias children: object.__children
+
+    property list<QtObject> __children: [QtObject {}]
+}
diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/vlc.qrc b/modules/gui/qt/vlc.qrc
index e85f8b563c0fe268ee3f46b158a2d9fc7534d874..5fc6a267aba2121112b115c2a0ea0b774158f46c 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/vlc.qrc
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/vlc.qrc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         <file alias="ViewDragAutoScrollHandler.qml">util/qml/ViewDragAutoScrollHandler.qml</file>
         <file alias="BindingRev8.qml">util/qml/BindingRev8.qml</file>
         <file alias="BindingRev14.qml">util/qml/BindingRev14.qml</file>
+        <file alias="VanillaObject.qml">util/qml/VanillaObject.qml</file>
     </qresource>
     <qresource prefix="/toolbar">
         <file alias="faster.svg">pixmaps/faster.svg</file>