diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
index e06e61d..1395fa8 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.cc
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ const int QmlObjectListModel::ObjectRole = Qt::UserRole;
 const int QmlObjectListModel::TextRole = Qt::UserRole + 1;
 
 QmlObjectListModel::QmlObjectListModel(QObject* parent)
-    : QAbstractListModel(parent)
-    , _dirty(false)
-    , _skipDirtyFirstItem(false)
+    : QAbstractListModel        (parent)
+    , _dirty                    (false)
+    , _skipDirtyFirstItem       (false)
+    , _externalBeginResetModel  (false)
 {
 
 }
@@ -142,8 +143,13 @@ const QObject* QmlObjectListModel::operator[](int index) const
 
 void QmlObjectListModel::clear()
 {
-    while (rowCount()) {
-        removeAt(0);
+    if (!_externalBeginResetModel) {
+        beginResetModel();
+    }
+    _objectList.clear();
+    if (!_externalBeginResetModel) {
+        endResetModel();
+        emit countChanged(count());
     }
 }
 
@@ -221,10 +227,14 @@ void QmlObjectListModel::append(QList<QObject*> objects)
 QObjectList QmlObjectListModel::swapObjectList(const QObjectList& newlist)
 {
     QObjectList oldlist(_objectList);
-    beginResetModel();
+    if (!_externalBeginResetModel) {
+        beginResetModel();
+    }
     _objectList = newlist;
-    endResetModel();
-    emit countChanged(count());
+    if (!_externalBeginResetModel) {
+        endResetModel();
+        emit countChanged(count());
+    }
     return oldlist;
 }
 
@@ -274,3 +284,21 @@ void QmlObjectListModel::clearAndDeleteContents()
     clear();
     endResetModel();
 }
+
+void QmlObjectListModel::beginReset(void)
+{
+    if (_externalBeginResetModel) {
+        qWarning() << "QmlObjectListModel::beginReset already set";
+    }
+    _externalBeginResetModel = true;
+    beginResetModel();
+}
+
+void QmlObjectListModel::endReset(void)
+{
+    if (!_externalBeginResetModel) {
+        qWarning() << "QmlObjectListModel::endReset begin not set";
+    }
+    _externalBeginResetModel = false;
+    endResetModel();
+}
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
index dd04d6d..49c2dd9 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QmlObjectListModel.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public:
     
     int         count               () const;
     bool        dirty               () const { return _dirty; }
+
     void        setDirty            (bool dirty);
     void        append              (QObject* object);
     void        append              (QList<QObject*> objects);
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ public:
     /// Clears the list and calls deleteLater on each entry
     void clearAndDeleteContents     ();
 
-    void beginReset                 () { beginResetModel(); }
-    void endReset                   () { endResetModel();   }
+    void beginReset                 ();
+    void endReset                   ();
 
 signals:
     void countChanged               (int count);
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ private:
     
     bool _dirty;
     bool _skipDirtyFirstItem;
+    bool _externalBeginResetModel;
         
     static const int ObjectRole;
     static const int TextRole;