diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
index 5ed694c..a30e50e 100644
--- a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
@@ -1116,6 +1116,11 @@
         <define-ownership owner="c++"/>
       </modify-argument>
     </modify-function>
+    <modify-function signature="data(const QModelIndex&amp;,int) const">
+      <modify-argument index="return">
+        <define-ownership class="native" owner="c++"/>
+      </modify-argument>
+    </modify-function>
   </object-type>
   <!-- QObject is created manually -->
   <object-type name="QObject">