diff --git a/source/imagehandler.cpp b/source/imagehandler.cpp
index c939aaf..4315a84 100644
--- a/source/imagehandler.cpp
+++ b/source/imagehandler.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QStyleOptionGraphicsItem>
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <private/qquickimage_p.h>
 
 ImageHandler::ImageHandler(QObject *parent) :
     QObject(parent)
@@ -16,7 +17,22 @@ QImage ImageHandler::extractQImage(QObject *imageObj,
 {
     QGraphicsObject *item = qobject_cast<QGraphicsObject*>(imageObj);
 
-    if (!item) {
+    if (!item && (imageObj->metaObject()->className() == "QQuickImage")) {
+      QQuickImage *quickimage = static_cast<QQuickImage*>(imageObj);
+
+      if (!quickImage) {
+        qDebug() << "quickimage is NULL";
+        return QImage();
+      }
+
+      QImage img(quickimage->image());
+      if(offsetX == 0 && offsetY == 0 && width == 0 && height == 0)
+          return img;
+      else
+      {
+          return img.copy(offsetX, offsetY, width, height);
+      }
+    } else if (!item) {
         qDebug() << "Item is NULL";
         return QImage();
     }