diff --git a/src/kernel/ntqvariant.h b/src/kernel/ntqvariant.h
index 1d5206d9..42a39804 100644
--- a/src/kernel/ntqvariant.h
+++ b/src/kernel/ntqvariant.h
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@
 #define TQVARIANT_H
 
 #ifndef QT_H
+#include "ntqmap.h"
 #include "ntqstring.h"
+#include "ntqstringlist.h"
+#include "ntqvaluelist.h"
 #endif // QT_H
 
 #ifndef TQT_NO_VARIANT
@@ -80,6 +83,10 @@ template <class T> class TQValueListConstIterator;
 template <class T> class TQValueListNode;
 template <class Key, class T> class TQMap;
 template <class Key, class T> class TQMapConstIterator;
+
+typedef TQMap<TQString, TQVariant> TQStringVariantMap;
+typedef TQMapIterator<TQString, TQVariant> TQStringVariantMapIterator;
+typedef TQMapConstIterator<TQString, TQVariant> TQStringVariantMapConstIterator;
 #endif
 
 class Q_EXPORT TQVariant
@@ -316,13 +323,6 @@ public:
     void* rawAccess( void* ptr = 0, Type typ = Invalid, bool deepCopy = FALSE );
 };
 
-// down here for GCC 2.7.* compatibility
-#ifndef QT_H
-#include "ntqvaluelist.h"
-#include "ntqstringlist.h"
-#include "ntqmap.h"
-#endif // QT_H
-
 inline TQVariant::Type TQVariant::type() const
 {
     return d->typ;