diff --git a/qmlprinter.cpp b/qmlprinter.cpp
index 0b7e71bd4f0f0a2ba93796ee58242e50c4e61b90..123bb4eb0f1028d81bfb83d039a8f449d49becb4 100644
--- a/qmlprinter.cpp
+++ b/qmlprinter.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ void QmlPrinter::paintItem(QQuickItem *item, QQuickWindow *window,
     painter->setClipRect(item->clipRect());
   }
 
+  if (inherits(item->metaObject(), "QQuickRow") ||
+      inherits(item->metaObject(), "QQuickColumn")) {
+      QMetaObject::invokeMethod(item,"forceLayout");
+  }
+  item->update();
 
   // This is a bit special case as we need to use childItems instead of children
   if (inherits(item->metaObject(), "QQuickListView")) {
@@ -265,6 +270,7 @@ void QmlPrinter::paintQQuickText(QQuickItem *item, QPainter *painter) const {
   if (textFormat == Qt::AutoText) {
     textFormat = Qt::mightBeRichText(text) ? 4 : Qt::PlainText;
   }
+  item->polish();
 
   QTextDocument document;
   document.setPageSize(item->size());