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diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/glue/qstring_bufferprotocol.cpp b/PySide/QtCore/glue/qstring_bufferprotocol.cpp
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+++ b/PySide/QtCore/glue/qstring_bufferprotocol.cpp
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+
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
+
+// QByteArray buffer protocol functions
+// see: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3118/
+
+extern "C" {
+
+static Py_ssize_t SbkQString_segcountproc(PyObject* self, Py_ssize_t* lenp)
+{
+    if (lenp)
+        *lenp = self->ob_type->tp_as_sequence->sq_length(self);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static Py_ssize_t SbkQString_readbufferproc(PyObject* self, Py_ssize_t segment, char** ptrptr)
+{
+    if (segment || Shiboken::cppObjectIsInvalid(self))
+        return -1;
+
+    QString* cppSelf = SbkQString_cptr(self);
+    QByteArray decodedData = cppSelf->toLocal8Bit();
+    Shiboken::AutoDecRef decodedString(PyString_FromStringAndSize(decodedData.constData(), decodedData.size()));
+
+    // delete __encodedStr attr if it exists
+    Shiboken::AutoDecRef attrName(PyString_FromStringAndSize("__encodedStr", sizeof("__encodedStr")-1));
+    if (PyObject_HasAttr(self, attrName))
+        PyObject_DelAttr(self, attrName);
+    PyObject_SetAttr(self, attrName, decodedString);
+    *ptrptr = PyString_AS_STRING(decodedString.object());
+    return decodedData.size();
+}
+
+PyBufferProcs SbkQStringBufferProc = {
+    /*bf_getreadbuffer*/  0,
+    /*bf_getwritebuffer*/ 0,
+    /*bf_getsegcount*/    &SbkQString_segcountproc,
+    /*bf_getcharbuffer*/  &SbkQString_readbufferproc
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif