diff --git a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QGridLayout/index.ts b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QGridLayout/index.ts
index f11ea9fe6..59dc45945 100644
--- a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QGridLayout/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QGridLayout/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import addon from "../../core/addon";
 import { NodeWidget } from "../../QtGui/QWidget";
-import { Component } from "../../core/Component";
+import { QLayout } from "../QLayout";
 
-export class QGridLayout extends Component {
+export class QGridLayout extends QLayout {
   native: any;
   constructor(parent?: NodeWidget) {
     super();
diff --git a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QLayout/index.ts b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QLayout/index.ts
index 9fe4304c1..552b543ed 100644
--- a/src/lib/QtWidgets/QLayout/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/QtWidgets/QLayout/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import addon from "../../core/addon";
 import { Component } from "../../core/Component";
 
-export class QLayout extends Component {
-  native = new addon.QLayout();
-}
+// All Layouts should extend this abstract class.
+export abstract class QLayout extends Component {}
diff --git a/src/lib/core/FlexLayout/FlexNode/index.ts b/src/lib/core/FlexLayout/FlexNode/index.ts
index ef75f280f..95f65ffca 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/FlexLayout/FlexNode/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/core/FlexLayout/FlexNode/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { Component } from "../../../core/Component";
+import { QLayout } from "../../../QtWidgets/QLayout";
 
-export class FlexNode extends Component {
+export class FlexNode extends QLayout {
   native: any;
   constructor(nativeNode: any) {
     super();