diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
index 9f1600a..a739050 100644
--- a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(iiii)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="iiii" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.x1(), %CPPSELF.y1(), %CPPSELF.x2(), %CPPSELF.y2()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(dddd)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="dddd" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.x1(), %CPPSELF.y1(), %CPPSELF.x2(), %CPPSELF.y2()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(iii)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="iii" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.year(), %CPPSELF.month(), %CPPSELF.day()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(iiiiiiii)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="iiiiiiii" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.date().year(), %CPPSELF.date().month(), %CPPSELF.date().day(), %CPPSELF.time().hour(), %CPPSELF.time().minute(), %CPPSELF.time().second(), %CPPSELF.time().msec(), (int)%CPPSELF.timeSpec()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(s)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="s" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="qPrintable(%CPPSELF.path())" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(ii)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="ii" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.x(), %CPPSELF.y()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(dd)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="dd" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.x(), %CPPSELF.y()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(iiii)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="iiii" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.x(), %CPPSELF.y(), %CPPSELF.width(), %CPPSELF.height()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(dddd)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="dddd" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.x(), %CPPSELF.y(), %CPPSELF.width(), %CPPSELF.height()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(ii)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="ii" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.width(), %CPPSELF.height()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(dd)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="dd" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.width(), %CPPSELF.height()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(iiii)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="iiii" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.hour(), %CPPSELF.minute(), %CPPSELF.second(), %CPPSELF.msec()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(s)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="s" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="qPrintable(%CPPSELF.toString())" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(s)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="s" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="qPrintable(%CPPSELF.toString())" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(sii)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="sii" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="qPrintable(%CPPSELF.pattern()), (int)%CPPSELF.caseSensitivity(), (int)%CPPSELF.patternSyntax()" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(s)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="s" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="qPrintable(%CPPSELF.filePath())" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
@@ -1301,8 +1301,8 @@
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(s)" />
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="%CPPSELF.constData()" />
+                <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="N" />
+                <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="PyString_FromStringAndSize(%CPPSELF.constData(), %CPPSELF.size())" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
     </add-function>
diff --git a/PySide/QtGui/typesystem_gui_common.xml b/PySide/QtGui/typesystem_gui_common.xml
index e6dabc4..50247c3 100644
--- a/PySide/QtGui/typesystem_gui_common.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtGui/typesystem_gui_common.xml
@@ -499,14 +499,14 @@
     </extra-includes>
     <add-function signature="__reduce__" return-type="PyObject*">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
-            PyObject *points = PyList_New(%CPPSELF.count());
-            for (int i = 0; i &lt; %CPPSELF.count(); ++i){
+            PyObject* points = PyList_New(%CPPSELF.count());
+            for (int i = 0, max = %CPPSELF.count(); i &lt; max; ++i){
                 int x, y;
                 %CPPSELF.point(i, &amp;x, &amp;y);
                 PyList_SET_ITEM(points, i, %CONVERTTOPYTHON[QPoint](QPoint(x, y)));
             }
             <insert-template name="reduce_code">
-              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="(N)" />
+              <replace from="%REDUCE_FORMAT" to="N" />
               <replace from="%REDUCE_ARGS" to="points" />
             </insert-template>
         </inject-code>
diff --git a/PySide/typesystem_templates.xml b/PySide/typesystem_templates.xml
index 4604fda..dd07459 100644
--- a/PySide/typesystem_templates.xml
+++ b/PySide/typesystem_templates.xml
@@ -188,10 +188,7 @@
     </template>
     <!-- templates for __reduce__ -->
     <template name="reduce_code">
-        PyObject *type = PyObject_Type(%PYSELF);
-        PyObject *args = NULL;
-        args = Py_BuildValue("%REDUCE_FORMAT", %REDUCE_ARGS);
-        %PYARG_0 = Py_BuildValue("(NN)", type, args);
+        %PYARG_0 = Py_BuildValue("(N(%REDUCE_FORMAT))", PyObject_Type(%PYSELF), %REDUCE_ARGS);
     </template>
     <template name="reduce_code_matrix">
         QList&lt; %MATRIX_TYPE &gt; cppArgs;
diff --git a/tests/QtCore/qbytearray_test.py b/tests/QtCore/qbytearray_test.py
index 34dc42f..f031332 100644
--- a/tests/QtCore/qbytearray_test.py
+++ b/tests/QtCore/qbytearray_test.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import unittest
 import ctypes
 import sys
+import pickle
+import cStringIO
 
 from PySide.QtCore import *
 
@@ -109,5 +111,14 @@ class QByteArrayBug514(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(type(a), QByteArray)
         self.assertEqual(a.data(), data)
 
+class TestPickler(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testIt(self):
+        ba = QByteArray("321\x00123")
+        output = cStringIO.StringIO()
+        pickle.dump(ba, output)
+        ba2 = pickle.loads(output.getvalue())
+        self.assertEqual(ba, ba2)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()