diff --git a/dcop/dcoptypes.h b/dcop/dcoptypes.h
index f72932683..548483e97 100644
--- a/dcop/dcoptypes.h
+++ b/dcop/dcoptypes.h
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ class TQBitArray; inline const char* dcopTypeName( const TQBitArray& ) { return
 class TQKeySequence; inline const char* dcopTypeName( const TQKeySequence& ) { return TQKEYSEQUENCE_OBJECT_NAME_STRING; }
 class TQVariant; inline const char* dcopTypeName( const TQVariant& ) { return TQVARIANT_OBJECT_NAME_STRING; }
 
+template<class Key, class T> class TQMap;
+typedef TQMap<TQString, TQVariant> TQStringVariantMap;
+inline const char* dcopTypeName(const TQStringVariantMap&) { return "TQStringVariantMap"; }
+
 // And some KDE types
 class KURL; inline const char* dcopTypeName( const KURL& ) { return "KURL"; }