diff --git a/tooltipmanager.cpp b/tooltipmanager.cpp
index 25df21b8a..0b243ec31 100644
--- a/tooltipmanager.cpp
+++ b/tooltipmanager.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ void ToolTipManager::setToolTipContent(QGraphicsWidget *widget, const ToolTipCon
     tooltip->updateTheme();
 }
 
+void ToolTipManager::clearToolTipContent(QGraphicsWidget *widget)
+{
+    ToolTipContent t;
+    setToolTipContent(widget, t);
+}
+
 bool ToolTipManager::widgetHasToolTip(QGraphicsWidget *widget) const
 {
     return d->tooltips.contains(widget);
diff --git a/tooltipmanager.h b/tooltipmanager.h
index c9dad242c..a0b2f35c3 100644
--- a/tooltipmanager.h
+++ b/tooltipmanager.h
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ public:
      */
     void setToolTipContent(QGraphicsWidget *widget, const ToolTipContent &data);
 
+    /**
+     * Clears the tooltip data associated with this widget, but keeps
+     * the widget registered.
+     */
+    void clearToolTipContent(QGraphicsWidget *widget);
+
     /**
      * Checks whether a widget has a tooltip associated with it.
      *