diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
index b4f02ca..2a5be3d 100644
--- a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@
   <enum-type name="Qt::WidgetAttribute" />
   <enum-type name="QMetaMethod::Access"/>
   <enum-type name="QMetaMethod::MethodType"/>
-  
+
 
   <!--signal/slot-->
   <inject-code class="target" position="end">
@@ -2157,6 +2157,11 @@
             Py_XINCREF(%PYARG_0);
         </inject-code>
     </modify-function>
+    <modify-function signature="model()const">
+      <modify-argument index="return">
+        <define-ownership class="target" owner="default"/>
+      </modify-argument>
+    </modify-function>
   </value-type>
 
   <value-type name="QGenericArgument">