diff --git a/Models/TreeModel.cpp b/Models/TreeModel.cpp
index 98b18c3bb..e75ddf362 100644
--- a/Models/TreeModel.cpp
+++ b/Models/TreeModel.cpp
@@ -158,6 +158,18 @@ int TreeModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const {
   return parentItem->child_size();
 }
 
+buffers::TreeNode *TreeModel::Parent(buffers::TreeNode *node) const {
+  auto p = parents.find(node);
+  return p == parents.end() ? nullptr : *p;
+}
+
+QString TreeModel::MakeResourcePath(buffers::TreeNode *resource) const {
+  QString res = QString::fromStdString(resource->name());
+  while ((resource = Parent(resource)))
+    res = QString::fromStdString(resource->name()) + "/" + res;
+  return res;
+}
+
 Qt::DropActions TreeModel::supportedDropActions() const { return Qt::MoveAction | Qt::CopyAction; }
 
 QStringList TreeModel::mimeTypes() const { return QStringList(treeNodeMime()); }
@@ -266,6 +278,8 @@ bool TreeModel::dropMimeData(const QMimeData *mimeData, Qt::DropAction action, i
       parents[node] = parentNode;
       endMoveRows();
       ++row;
+
+      emit ResourceMoved(node, oldParent);
     } else {
       if (node->folder()) continue;
       node = duplicateNode(*node);
diff --git a/Models/TreeModel.h b/Models/TreeModel.h
index cadc1f99a..0f5a49712 100644
--- a/Models/TreeModel.h
+++ b/Models/TreeModel.h
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ class TreeModel : public QAbstractItemModel {
   int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
   int columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
 
+  // Retrieves the parent of the given node, or else returns nullptr.
+  // This is required because the TreeModel uses raw TreeNode protos as its data
+  // storage format, which cannot point to one another cyclically.
+  buffers::TreeNode *Parent(buffers::TreeNode *node) const;
+  // Builds the relative path of the given resource.
+  QString MakeResourcePath(buffers::TreeNode *resource) const;
+
   Qt::DropActions supportedDropActions() const override;
   QStringList mimeTypes() const override;
   QMimeData *mimeData(const QModelIndexList &indexes) const override;
@@ -46,7 +53,10 @@ class TreeModel : public QAbstractItemModel {
   void sortByName(const QModelIndex &index);
 
  signals:
+  // Called when the name of a single TreeNode changes.
   void ResourceRenamed(TypeCase type, const QString &oldName, const QString &newName);
+  // Called when a resource (or group of resources) is moved.
+  void ResourceMoved(TreeNode *node, TreeNode *old_parent);
 
  private:
   buffers::TreeNode *root;