diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.h b/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.h
index 29ac95a05..9ddb98d77 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.h
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/QRDUtils.h
@@ -140,11 +140,18 @@ struct ToStr
 // QString everywhere.
 
 template <typename T>
-QString ToQStr(const T &el)
+inline QString ToQStr(const T &el)
 {
   return QString::fromStdString(ToStr::Get(el));
 }
 
+// overload for rdctype::str
+template <>
+inline QString ToQStr(const rdctype::str &el)
+{
+  return QString::fromUtf8(el.elems, el.count);
+}
+
 // overload for a couple of things that need to know the pipeline type when converting
 QString ToQStr(const ResourceUsage usage, const GraphicsAPI apitype);