diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/kwinoffscreenquickview.cpp b/src/libkwineffects/kwinoffscreenquickview.cpp
index cdcadb14a9..acd81ec39f 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/kwinoffscreenquickview.cpp
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/kwinoffscreenquickview.cpp
@@ -624,6 +624,11 @@ OffscreenQuickScene::OffscreenQuickScene(QObject *parent, OffscreenQuickView::Ex
 OffscreenQuickScene::~OffscreenQuickScene() = default;
 
 void OffscreenQuickScene::setSource(const QUrl &source)
+{
+    setSource(source, QVariantMap());
+}
+
+void OffscreenQuickScene::setSource(const QUrl &source, const QVariantMap &initialProperties)
 {
     if (!d->qmlComponent) {
         d->qmlComponent.reset(new QQmlComponent(d->qmlEngine.data()));
@@ -638,7 +643,7 @@ void OffscreenQuickScene::setSource(const QUrl &source)
 
     d->quickItem.reset();
 
-    QScopedPointer<QObject> qmlObject(d->qmlComponent->create());
+    QScopedPointer<QObject> qmlObject(d->qmlComponent->createWithInitialProperties(initialProperties));
     QQuickItem *item = qobject_cast<QQuickItem *>(qmlObject.data());
     if (!item) {
         qCWarning(LIBKWINEFFECTS) << "Root object of effect quick view" << source << "is not a QQuickItem";
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/kwinoffscreenquickview.h b/src/libkwineffects/kwinoffscreenquickview.h
index ed42d9234e..40fa70bcfe 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/kwinoffscreenquickview.h
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/kwinoffscreenquickview.h
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ public:
     QQuickItem *rootItem() const;
 
     void setSource(const QUrl &source);
+    void setSource(const QUrl &source, const QVariantMap &initialProperties);
 
 private:
     class Private;