diff --git a/scripts/mkqtdecl_common/common.conf b/scripts/mkqtdecl_common/common.conf
index fe4f2da1f..1a07a185b 100644
--- a/scripts/mkqtdecl_common/common.conf
+++ b/scripts/mkqtdecl_common/common.conf
@@ -62,15 +62,56 @@ DECL
 end
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
-# Provides the definitions for QObject::findChild
+# Provides the definitions for QObject::findChild and QObject::findChildren
 
 def add_native_impl_QObject_findChild()
 
   # alternative implementation for QObject::findChild using QObject for T
   add_native_impl("QObject", <<'CODE', <<'DECL')
-  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name) { return object->findChild<QObject *> (name); }
+
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x50000
+
+#include <QRegExp>
+
+  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name) 
+  { 
+    return object->findChild<QObject *> (name); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (name); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl2 (QObject *object, const QRegExp &re)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (re); 
+  }
+#else
+
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+
+  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChild<QObject *> (name, options); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (name, options); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl2 (QObject *object, const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (re, options); 
+  }
+#endif
 CODE
-  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") 
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x50000
+  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl2, gsi::arg("re"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") 
+#else
+  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl2, gsi::arg("re"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") 
+#endif
 DECL
 
 end
diff --git a/src/gsiqt/qt4/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc b/src/gsiqt/qt4/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
index 81e440d14..2ab3add1e 100644
--- a/src/gsiqt/qt4/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
+++ b/src/gsiqt/qt4/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
@@ -51,7 +51,40 @@ static void _call_smo (const qt_gsi::GenericStaticMethod *, gsi::SerialArgs &, g
   ret.write<const QMetaObject &> (QObject::staticMetaObject);
 }
 
-  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name) { return object->findChild<QObject *> (name); }
+
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x50000
+
+#include <QRegExp>
+
+  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name) 
+  { 
+    return object->findChild<QObject *> (name); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (name); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl2 (QObject *object, const QRegExp &re)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (re); 
+  }
+#else
+
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+
+  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChild<QObject *> (name, options); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (name, options); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl2 (QObject *object, const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (re, options); 
+  }
+#endif
 
 // bool QObject::blockSignals(bool b)
 
@@ -757,7 +790,15 @@ static gsi::Methods methods_QObject () {
 }
 
 qt_gsi::QtNativeClass<QObject> decl_QObject ("QtCore", "QObject_Native",
-  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") 
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x50000
+  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl2, gsi::arg("re"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") 
+#else
+  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl2, gsi::arg("re"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") 
+#endif
 +
   methods_QObject (),
   "@hide\n@alias QObject");
diff --git a/src/gsiqt/qt5/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc b/src/gsiqt/qt5/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
index 8b2376519..70ccedc94 100644
--- a/src/gsiqt/qt5/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
+++ b/src/gsiqt/qt5/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,40 @@ static void _call_smo (const qt_gsi::GenericStaticMethod *, gsi::SerialArgs &, g
   ret.write<const QMetaObject &> (QObject::staticMetaObject);
 }
 
-  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name) { return object->findChild<QObject *> (name); }
+
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x50000
+
+#include <QRegExp>
+
+  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name) 
+  { 
+    return object->findChild<QObject *> (name); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (name); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl2 (QObject *object, const QRegExp &re)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (re); 
+  }
+#else
+
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+
+  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChild<QObject *> (name, options); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (name, options); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl2 (QObject *object, const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (re, options); 
+  }
+#endif
 
 // bool QObject::blockSignals(bool b)
 
@@ -813,7 +846,15 @@ static gsi::Methods methods_QObject () {
 }
 
 qt_gsi::QtNativeClass<QObject> decl_QObject ("QtCore", "QObject_Native",
-  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") 
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x50000
+  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl2, gsi::arg("re"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") 
+#else
+  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl2, gsi::arg("re"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") 
+#endif
 +
   methods_QObject (),
   "@hide\n@alias QObject");
diff --git a/src/gsiqt/qt6/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc b/src/gsiqt/qt6/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
index 5220ea53d..f4a89d144 100644
--- a/src/gsiqt/qt6/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
+++ b/src/gsiqt/qt6/QtCore/gsiDeclQObject.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,40 @@ static void _call_smo (const qt_gsi::GenericStaticMethod *, gsi::SerialArgs &, g
   ret.write<const QMetaObject &> (QObject::staticMetaObject);
 }
 
-  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name) { return object->findChild<QObject *> (name); }
+
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x50000
+
+#include <QRegExp>
+
+  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name) 
+  { 
+    return object->findChild<QObject *> (name); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (name); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl2 (QObject *object, const QRegExp &re)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (re); 
+  }
+#else
+
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+
+  QObject *find_child_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChild<QObject *> (name, options); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl (QObject *object, const QString &name, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (name, options); 
+  }
+  QList<QObject *> find_children_impl2 (QObject *object, const QRegularExpression &re, Qt::FindChildOptions options)
+  { 
+    return object->findChildren<QObject *> (re, options); 
+  }
+#endif
 
 // bool QObject::blockSignals(bool b)
 
@@ -771,7 +804,15 @@ static gsi::Methods methods_QObject () {
 }
 
 qt_gsi::QtNativeClass<QObject> decl_QObject ("QtCore", "QObject_Native",
-  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") 
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x50000
+  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl2, gsi::arg("re"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") 
+#else
+  gsi::method_ext("findChild", &find_child_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChild (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl, gsi::arg("name", QString(), "null"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") +
+  gsi::method_ext("findChildren", &find_children_impl2, gsi::arg("re"), gsi::arg("options", Qt::FindChildrenRecursively, "Qt::FindChildrenRecursively"), "@brief Specialisation for findChildren (uses QObject as T).") 
+#endif
 +
   methods_QObject (),
   "@hide\n@alias QObject");
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/qtbinding.rb b/testdata/ruby/qtbinding.rb
index 356aaa29e..f0164c397 100644
--- a/testdata/ruby/qtbinding.rb
+++ b/testdata/ruby/qtbinding.rb
@@ -767,6 +767,35 @@ class QtBinding_TestClass < TestBase
 
   end
 
+  def test_60
+
+    # findChild, findChildren
+
+    w = RBA::QWidget::new
+    w.objectName = "w"
+    w1 = RBA::QWidget::new(w)
+    w1.objectName = "w1"
+    w2 = RBA::QWidget::new(w1)
+    w2.objectName = "w2"
+
+    assert_equal(w.findChild.objectName, "w1")
+    assert_equal(w.findChild("w2").objectName, "w2")
+
+    assert_equal(w.findChildren().collect { |c| c.objectName }.join(","), "w1,w2")
+    assert_equal(w.findChildren("w2").collect { |c| c.objectName }.join(","), "w2")
+
+    begin
+      # Qt5++
+      re_cls = RBA::QRegularExpression
+    rescue => ex
+      # Qt4
+      re_cls = RBA::QRegExp
+    end
+    assert_equal(w.findChildren(re_cls::new("^.2$")).collect { |c| c.objectName }.join(","), "w2")
+    assert_equal(w.findChildren(re_cls::new("^w.$")).collect { |c| c.objectName }.join(","), "w1,w2")
+
+  end
+
 end 
 
 load("test_epilogue.rb")