diff --git a/declarativeimports/core/corebindingsplugin.cpp b/declarativeimports/core/corebindingsplugin.cpp
index 44b5efd78..c4ab894c9 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/core/corebindingsplugin.cpp
+++ b/declarativeimports/core/corebindingsplugin.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "svgitem.h"
 // #include "theme.h"
 // #include "dialog.h"
-// #include "iconitem.h"
+#include "iconitem.h"
 // #include "tooltip.h"
 // #include "dataenginebindings_p.h"
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void CoreBindingsPlugin::registerTypes(const char *uri)
 //     qRegisterMetaType<Plasma::QueryMatch *>("QueryMatch");
 // 
 //     qmlRegisterType<QQmlPropertyMap>();
-//     qmlRegisterType<IconItem>(uri, 0, 1, "IconItem");
+    qmlRegisterType<IconItem>(uri, 0, 1, "IconItem");
 
     /*qmlRegisterInterface<Plasma::DataSource>("DataSource");
     qRegisterMetaType<Plasma::DataSource*>("DataSource");*/
diff --git a/declarativeimports/core/iconitem.cpp b/declarativeimports/core/iconitem.cpp
index c7cf6a89d..5f5b47770 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/core/iconitem.cpp
+++ b/declarativeimports/core/iconitem.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 #include <plasma/paintutils.h>
 #include <plasma/svg.h>
 
+#include <QDebug>
+
 IconItem::IconItem(QQuickItem *parent)
-    : QQuickItem(parent),
+    : QQuickPaintedItem(parent),
       m_svgIcon(0),
       m_smooth(false),
       m_active(false),
@@ -207,14 +209,21 @@ bool IconItem::isValid() const
 void IconItem::paint(QPainter *painter)
 {
     if (m_iconPixmaps.isEmpty()) {
+        qDebug() << "XXXXXXXXXX icons pixmap empty";
         return;
     }
+    foreach (QPixmap pix, m_iconPixmaps) {
+        qDebug() << "pixmap: " << pix.size();
+    }
+
     painter->save();
     painter->setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, m_smooth);
     painter->setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform, m_smooth);
 
     const QRect destRect(QPointF(boundingRect().center() - QPointF(m_iconPixmaps.first().width()/2, m_iconPixmaps.first().height()/2)).toPoint(),
                          m_iconPixmaps.first().size());
+                         //QSize(32,32));
+    qDebug() << "XXXXXXXXXX icons pixmap THERE" << destRect;
 
     if (m_animation->state() == QAbstractAnimation::Running) {
         QPixmap result = m_iconPixmaps.first();
@@ -266,8 +275,6 @@ void IconItem::loadPixmap()
     //if size is more than 64, leave as is
     }
 
-
-
     //final pixmap to paint
     QPixmap result;
     if (m_svgIcon) {
diff --git a/declarativeimports/core/iconitem.h b/declarativeimports/core/iconitem.h
index 1078e04c9..7c2cb00c6 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/core/iconitem.h
+++ b/declarativeimports/core/iconitem.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define ICONITEM_H
 
 #include <QIcon>
-#include <QQuickItem>
+#include <QQuickPaintedItem>
 #include <QPixmap>
 #include <QVariant>
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Plasma {
     class Svg;
 }
 
-class IconItem : public QQuickItem
+class IconItem : public QQuickPaintedItem
 {
     Q_OBJECT