diff --git a/share/qtcreator/debugger/misctypes.py b/share/qtcreator/debugger/misctypes.py
index 97b2f6ef63c..72e42e45101 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/debugger/misctypes.py
+++ b/share/qtcreator/debugger/misctypes.py
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ def qdump__Eigen__Matrix(d, value):
 def qdump__NimStringDesc(d, value):
     size, reserved = value.split('pp')
     data = value.address() + 2 * d.ptrSize()
+    d.putBetterType('string')
     d.putCharArrayHelper(data, size, d.createType('char'), 'utf8')
 
 def qdump__NimGenericSequence__(d, value, regex = '^TY[\d]+$'):