diff --git a/include/wx/dataobj.h b/include/wx/dataobj.h
index 348ad20286..885a75d5a9 100644
--- a/include/wx/dataobj.h
+++ b/include/wx/dataobj.h
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ private:
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
-    #if defined(__WXGTK20__) || defined(__WXX11__)
+    #if defined(__WXGTK20__) || defined(__WXX11__) || defined(__WXQT__)
         #define wxNEEDS_UTF8_FOR_TEXT_DATAOBJ
     #elif defined(__WXMAC__)
         #define wxNEEDS_UTF16_FOR_TEXT_DATAOBJ
diff --git a/src/qt/dataobj.cpp b/src/qt/dataobj.cpp
index e6f8f6e1be..463677d497 100644
--- a/src/qt/dataobj.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/dataobj.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ wxBitmapDataObject::wxBitmapDataObject( const wxBitmap &WXUNUSED(bitmap) )
 {
 }
 
+//#############################################################################
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxTextDataObject
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+void wxTextDataObject::GetAllFormats(wxDataFormat *formats,
+    wxDataObjectBase::Direction WXUNUSED(dir)) const
+{
+    formats[0] = wxDataFormat(wxDF_UNICODETEXT);
+    formats[1] = wxDataFormat(wxDF_TEXT);
+}
+#endif
+
 //#############################################################################
 
 wxFileDataObject::wxFileDataObject()