diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
index 9471023..100ae11 100644
--- a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
@@ -2116,7 +2116,15 @@
 <!--     <modify-function signature="readData(char *,qint64)" remove="all"/> -->
     <modify-function signature="readLine(char *,qint64)" remove="all"/>
     <modify-function signature="write(const char *,qint64)" remove="all"/>
-    <modify-function signature="getChar(char *)" remove="all" />
+    <modify-function signature="getChar(char *)">
+        <modify-argument index="1">
+            <remove-argument />
+            <remove-default-expression />
+        </modify-argument>
+        <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
+            <insert-template name="fix_char*" />
+        </inject-code>
+    </modify-function>
   </object-type>
   <object-type name="QCryptographicHash">
     <modify-function signature="addData(const char*,int)" remove="all"/>
diff --git a/PySide/typesystem_templates.xml b/PySide/typesystem_templates.xml
index 7aafaa9..b5b0f00 100644
--- a/PySide/typesystem_templates.xml
+++ b/PySide/typesystem_templates.xml
@@ -59,5 +59,10 @@
         return %CONVERTTOPYTHON[QRectF](rect_);
     </template>
 
+    <template name="fix_char*">
+        char val_;
+        %RETURN_TYPE retval_ = %CPPSELF.%FUNCTION_NAME(&amp;val_);
+        %PYARG_0 = PyTuple_Pack(2, %CONVERTTOPYTHON[%RETURN_TYPE](retval_), %CONVERTTOPYTHON[char](val_));
+    </template>
 </typesystem>