diff --git a/src/dbus/qdbusmetaobject.cpp b/src/dbus/qdbusmetaobject.cpp
index 1026f6429f0..bf42736eabc 100644
--- a/src/dbus/qdbusmetaobject.cpp
+++ b/src/dbus/qdbusmetaobject.cpp
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ QDBusMetaObjectGenerator::findType(const QByteArray &signature,
         } else if (signature == "a{ss}") {
             result.name = "QMap<QString,QString>";
             type = qMetaTypeId<QMap<QString, QString> >();
+        } else if (signature == "aay") {
+            result.name = "QByteArrayList";
+            type = qMetaTypeId<QByteArrayList>();
         } else {
             result.name = "{D-Bus type \"" + signature + "\"}";
             type = registerComplexDBusType(result.name);