diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qjni.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qjni.cpp
index 694463b9d8..2290a74c31 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qjni.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qjni.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ static jfieldID getCachedFieldID(JNIEnv *env,
     }
 }
 
+void QJNILocalRefDeleter::cleanup(jobject obj)
+{
+    if (obj == 0)
+        return;
+
+    QJNIEnvironmentPrivate env;
+    env->DeleteLocalRef(obj);
+}
+
 class QJNIEnvironmentPrivateTLS
 {
 public:
@@ -2258,4 +2267,3 @@ bool QJNIObjectPrivate::isSameObject(const QJNIObjectPrivate &other) const
 }
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
-
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qjni_p.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qjni_p.h
index e79caed5b8..ae9c7c3a7e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qjni_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qjni_p.h
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+struct Q_CORE_EXPORT QJNILocalRefDeleter
+{
+    static void cleanup(jobject obj);
+};
+
+// To simplify this we only define it for jobjects.
+typedef QScopedPointer<_jobject, QJNILocalRefDeleter> QJNIScopedLocalRef;
+
 class Q_CORE_EXPORT QJNIEnvironmentPrivate
 {
 public: