diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.cpp
index ecba3e238f..125beab91b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,16 @@ bool QAbstractItemDelegate::helpEvent(QHelpEvent *event,
     return false;
 }
 
+/*!
+    \internal
+
+    This virtual method is reserved and will be used in Qt 5.1.
+*/
+QSet<int> QAbstractItemDelegate::paintingRoles() const
+{
+    return QSet<int>();
+}
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif // QT_NO_ITEMVIEWS
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.h
index 2c51dfcac8..89aa1915f6 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ public:
                            const QStyleOptionViewItem &option,
                            const QModelIndex &index);
 
+    virtual QSet<int> paintingRoles() const;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void commitData(QWidget *editor);
     void closeEditor(QWidget *editor, QAbstractItemDelegate::EndEditHint hint = NoHint);