diff --git a/src/lib/QtCore/QVariant.ts b/src/lib/QtCore/QVariant.ts
index 6b0962d80..7493bb1e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/QtCore/QVariant.ts
+++ b/src/lib/QtCore/QVariant.ts
@@ -36,3 +36,14 @@ export class QVariant extends Component {
         return this.native.toStringList();
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get the correct native object which should be passed down to the
+ * C++ wrapper from a QVariantType object.
+ */
+export function nativeObjectFromVariantType(obj: QVariantType): any {
+    if (obj instanceof QRect) {
+        return obj.native;
+    }
+    return obj;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/QtGui/QEvent/QInputMethodQueryEvent.ts b/src/lib/QtGui/QEvent/QInputMethodQueryEvent.ts
index 5907792dd..d294c15bc 100644
--- a/src/lib/QtGui/QEvent/QInputMethodQueryEvent.ts
+++ b/src/lib/QtGui/QEvent/QInputMethodQueryEvent.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import addon from '../../utils/addon';
 import { NativeRawPointer } from '../../core/Component';
-import { QVariant, QVariantType } from '../../QtCore/QVariant';
+import { QVariant, QVariantType, nativeObjectFromVariantType } from '../../QtCore/QVariant';
 import { QEvent } from './QEvent';
-import { QRect } from '../../QtCore/QRect';
 
+/**
+ * Note: Qt performs some default processing for `QInputMethodQueryEvents`.
+ * When attaching an event listener via `addEventListener()` use the
+ * options object to specify that you want to run after the default
+ * processing, otherwise your `setValue()` calls will be overwritten.
+ */
 export class QInputMethodQueryEvent extends QEvent {
     constructor(event: NativeRawPointer<'QEvent'>) {
         super(new addon.QInputMethodQueryEvent(event));
@@ -14,11 +19,7 @@ export class QInputMethodQueryEvent extends QEvent {
     }
 
     setValue(query: number /* InputMethodQuery */, value: QVariantType): void {
-        if (value instanceof QRect) {
-            this.native.setValue(query, value.native);
-        } else {
-            this.native.setValue(query, value);
-        }
+        this.native.setValue(query, nativeObjectFromVariantType(value));
     }
 
     value(query: number /* InputMethodQuery */): QVariant {