diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiItem.cpp b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiItem.cpp
index 55d76423a9..d742b27435 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiItem.cpp
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiItem.cpp
@@ -37,10 +37,21 @@
 
 #include "cafPdmUiItem.h"
 #include "cafPdmUiEditorHandle.h"
+#include "cafPdmPtrField.h"
 
 namespace caf
 {
 
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PdmOptionItemInfo::PdmOptionItemInfo(QString anOptionUiText, caf::PdmObjectHandle* obj, bool anIsDimmed /*= false*/, QIcon anIcon /*= QIcon()*/)
+    : optionUiText(anOptionUiText), isDimmed(anIsDimmed), icon(anIcon)
+{
+    value = QVariant::fromValue(caf::PdmPointer<caf::PdmObjectHandle>(obj));
+}
+
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiItem.h b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiItem.h
index da952663ab..854465e27f 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiItem.h
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmUiCore/cafPdmUiItem.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public:
         :  value(aValue), optionUiText(anOptionUiText), isDimmed(anIsDimmed), icon(anIcon)
     {}
 
+    PdmOptionItemInfo(QString  anOptionUiText, caf::PdmObjectHandle* obj, bool anIsDimmed = false, QIcon anIcon = QIcon());
+
     QString  optionUiText;
     bool     isDimmed;
     QIcon    icon;