diff --git a/dcop/client/marshall.cpp b/dcop/client/marshall.cpp
index 101c75bb2..68e3e3f57 100644
--- a/dcop/client/marshall.cpp
+++ b/dcop/client/marshall.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ TQCString demarshal( TQDataStream &stream, const TQString &type )
     } else if ( type == TQSTRINGLIST_OBJECT_NAME_STRING )
     {
         return demarshal( stream, TQVALUELIST_OBJECT_NAME_STRING "<" TQSTRING_OBJECT_NAME_STRING ">" );
+    } else if ( type == "TQStringVariantMap" )
+    {
+        return demarshal(stream, TQMAP_OBJECT_NAME_STRING "<" TQSTRING_OBJECT_NAME_STRING "," TQVARIANT_OBJECT_NAME_STRING ">");
     } else if ( type == TQCOLOR_OBJECT_NAME_STRING )
     {
         TQColor c;