diff --git a/src/controls/Private/qquickstyleitem.cpp b/src/controls/Private/qquickstyleitem.cpp
index 02b7a5e365ef4a273b2eb63ae44de887b74a5078..50a48f0e2a9dc09cfd18177d9233146f73bcbd33 100644
--- a/src/controls/Private/qquickstyleitem.cpp
+++ b/src/controls/Private/qquickstyleitem.cpp
@@ -1470,6 +1470,14 @@ QSGNode *QQuickStyleItem::updatePaintNode(QSGNode *node, UpdatePaintNodeData *)
     if (!styleNode)
         styleNode = new QQuickStyleNode;
 
+#ifdef QSG_RUNTIME_DESCRIPTION
+    qsgnode_set_description(styleNode,
+                            QString::fromLatin1("%1:%2, '%3'")
+                            .arg(style())
+                            .arg(elementType())
+                            .arg(text()));
+#endif
+
     styleNode->setTexture(window()->createTextureFromImage(m_image, QQuickWindow::TextureCanUseAtlas));
     styleNode->setRect(boundingRect());
     return styleNode;