diff --git a/src/blackmisc/valueobject.cpp b/src/blackmisc/valueobject.cpp
index 8085d37a6..889050b5c 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/valueobject.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/valueobject.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return CVariant(this->toQVariant());
     }
 
+    /*
+     * from CVariant
+     */
+    void CValueObject::convertFromCVariant(const CVariant &variant)
+    {
+        this->convertFromQVariant(variant.getQVariant());
+    }
+
     /*
      * Implementations of pure virtual functions
      */
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/valueobject.h b/src/blackmisc/valueobject.h
index f9c5ff754..9cf8d229d 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/valueobject.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/valueobject.h
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Set from QVariant
         virtual void convertFromQVariant(const QVariant &variant) = 0;
 
+        //! Set from CVariant
+        void convertFromCVariant(const CVariant &variant);
+
         //! Contribute to JSON object
         virtual QJsonObject toJson() const { QJsonObject json; return json;}