diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
index c5d3ac5..b5243c6 100644
--- a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
@@ -1167,7 +1167,6 @@
         <parent index="1" action="add"/>
       </modify-argument>
     </modify-function>
-    <modify-function signature="thread() const" remove="all"/>
     <modify-function signature="connect(const QObject*, const char*, const char *, Qt::ConnectionType) const">
         <modify-argument index="4">
             <rename to="type"/>
diff --git a/tests/QtCore/qthread_test.py b/tests/QtCore/qthread_test.py
index 410afb9..dc99c8e 100644
--- a/tests/QtCore/qthread_test.py
+++ b/tests/QtCore/qthread_test.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Dummy(QThread):
 
     def run(self):
         #Start-quit sequence
+        self.qobj = QObject()
         mutex.lock()
         self.called = True
         mutex.unlock()
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ class QThreadSimpleCase(UsesQCoreApplication):
         QTimer.singleShot(1000, self.abort_application)
         self.app.exec_()
 
+        self.assertEqual(obj.qobj.thread(), obj) # test QObject.thread() method
         self.assert_(self.called)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':