diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeMimeData.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeMimeData.cpp
index e7cab1083..6b72098eb 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeMimeData.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeMimeData.cpp
@@ -118,9 +118,13 @@ void DeclarativeMimeData::setColor(const QColor &color)
     }
 }
 
-void DeclarativeMimeData::setData(const QString &mimeType, const QString &data)
+void DeclarativeMimeData::setData(const QString &mimeType, const QVariant &data)
 {
-    QMimeData::setData(mimeType, data.toLatin1());
+    if (data.type() == QVariant::ByteArray) {
+        QMimeData::setData(mimeType, data.toByteArray());
+    } else if (data.canConvert(QVariant::String)) {
+        QMimeData::setData(mimeType, data.toString().toLatin1());
+    }
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeMimeData.h b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeMimeData.h
index ec725af06..797546c7b 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeMimeData.h
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/draganddrop/DeclarativeMimeData.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
     QColor color() const;
     void setColor(const QColor &color);
 
-    Q_INVOKABLE void setData(const QString &mimeType, const QString &data);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void setData(const QString &mimeType, const QVariant &data);
 
     QQuickItem* source() const;
     void setSource(QQuickItem* source);