diff --git src/qml/qml/v8/qv8qobjectwrapper.cpp src/qml/qml/v8/qv8qobjectwrapper.cpp
index fa81838..57549b3 100644
--- src/qml/qml/v8/qv8qobjectwrapper.cpp
+++ src/qml/qml/v8/qv8qobjectwrapper.cpp
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ static v8::Handle<v8::Value> LoadProperty(QV8Engine *engine, QObject *object,
 
         if (QQmlValueType *valueType = QQmlValueTypeFactory::valueType(property.propType))
             return engine->newValueType(object, property.coreIndex, valueType);
-    } else {
+    }
+    {
         Q_ASSERT(notifier == 0);
 
         // see if it's a sequence type
diff --git src/qml/qml/v8/qv8sequencewrapper_p_p.h src/qml/qml/v8/qv8sequencewrapper_p_p.h
index 009e770..63f062b 100644
--- src/qml/qml/v8/qv8sequencewrapper_p_p.h
+++ src/qml/qml/v8/qv8sequencewrapper_p_p.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 
 #include <private/qqmlengine_p.h>
 #include <private/qqmlmetatype_p.h>
+#include <QQuickItem>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -214,6 +215,21 @@ static QString convertUrlToString(QV8Engine *, const QUrl &v)
     return v.toString();
 }
 
+static QVariant convertV8ValueToVariant(QV8Engine *e, v8::Handle<v8::Value> v)
+{
+    return e->toVariant(v, QVariant::UserType);
+}
+
+static v8::Handle<v8::Value> convertVariantToV8Value(QV8Engine *e, QVariant v)
+{
+    return e->fromVariant(v); // What's the difference between this and variantToJS?
+}
+
+static QString convertVariantToString(QV8Engine *e, QVariant v)
+{
+    return e->toString(e->fromVariant(v));
+}
+
 
 /*
   \internal
@@ -240,7 +256,8 @@ static QString convertUrlToString(QV8Engine *, const QUrl &v)
     F(bool, Bool, QList<bool>, false) \
     F(QString, String, QList<QString>, QString()) \
     F(QString, QString, QStringList, QString()) \
-    F(QUrl, Url, QList<QUrl>, QUrl())
+    F(QUrl, Url, QList<QUrl>, QUrl()) \
+    F(QVariant, Variant, QList<QVariant>, QVariant())
 
 #define QML_SEQUENCE_TYPE_RESOURCE(SequenceElementType, SequenceElementTypeName, SequenceType, DefaultValue, ConversionToV8fn, ConversionFromV8fn, ToStringfn) \
     QT_END_NAMESPACE \