diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
index df6c89daf57004ef5978c7e1e2cff7625635f2a9..3d14e8f031eb97b05efd0e0350bb209413a6afc9 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ void QmlObjectListModel::append(QObject* object)
     insert(_objectList.count(), object);
 }
 
+QObjectList QmlObjectListModel::swapObjectList(QObjectList newlist)
+{
+    QObjectList oldlist(_objectList);
+    beginResetModel();
+    _objectList = newlist;
+    endResetModel();
+    return oldlist;
+}
+
 int QmlObjectListModel::count(void) const
 {
     return rowCount();
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
index 3e21e2745d70b376a507fbef6b019d8f190e3126..0adcb3fd1bd44ad332467d20d54a8564ccbc8ed5 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public:
     void setDirty(bool dirty);
     
     void append(QObject* object);
+    QObjectList swapObjectList(QObjectList newlist);
     void clear(void);
     QObject* removeAt(int i);
     QObject* removeOne(QObject* object) { return removeAt(indexOf(object)); }