diff --git a/dcop/dcopidlng/kalyptusCxxToDcopIDL.pm b/dcop/dcopidlng/kalyptusCxxToDcopIDL.pm
index 0d06613e4..719f13e3b 100644
--- a/dcop/dcopidlng/kalyptusCxxToDcopIDL.pm
+++ b/dcop/dcopidlng/kalyptusCxxToDcopIDL.pm
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ sub preParseClass
 	my( $classNode ) = @_;
 	my $className = join( "::", kdocAstUtil::heritage($classNode) );
 
-	if( $#{$classNode->{Kids}} < 0 ||
+	if( ($#{$classNode->{Kids}} < 0 && !$classNode->{DcopExported}) ||
 	    $classNode->{Access} eq "private" ||
 	    $classNode->{Access} eq "protected" || # e.g. QPixmap::QPixmapData
 	    exists $classNode->{Tmpl} ||