diff --git a/share/qtcreator/gdbmacros/gdbmacros.cpp b/share/qtcreator/gdbmacros/gdbmacros.cpp
index 9e3ce85c2451299c92e25f54546606d0064b4f62..520378ea19550b60709a256d5e11ff0c753ad978 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/gdbmacros/gdbmacros.cpp
+++ b/share/qtcreator/gdbmacros/gdbmacros.cpp
@@ -481,6 +481,11 @@ struct QDumper
         put(name).put('=').put('"').put(value).put('"');
     }
 
+    void putItem(const char *name, const char *value, const char *setvalue)
+    {
+        if (!isEqual(value, setvalue))
+            putItem(name, value);
+    }
     // convienience functions for writing typical properties.
     // roughly equivalent to
     //   beginHash();
@@ -537,6 +542,9 @@ struct QDumper
     bool success;          // are we finished?
     bool full;
     int pos;
+
+    const char *currentChildType;
+    const char *currentChildNumChild;
 };
 
 
@@ -546,6 +554,8 @@ QDumper::QDumper()
     full = false;
     outBuffer[0] = 'f'; // marks output as 'wrong'
     pos = 1;
+    currentChildType = 0;
+    currentChildNumChild = 0;
 }
 
 QDumper::~QDumper()
@@ -777,10 +787,14 @@ void QDumper::beginChildren(const char *mainInnerType)
 {
     if (mainInnerType) {
         putItem("childtype", mainInnerType);
-        if (isSimpleType(mainInnerType) || isStringType(mainInnerType))
+        currentChildType = mainInnerType;
+        if (isSimpleType(mainInnerType) || isStringType(mainInnerType)) {
             putItem("childnumchild", "0");
-        else if (isPointerType(mainInnerType))
+            currentChildNumChild = "0";
+        } else if (isPointerType(mainInnerType)) {
             putItem("childnumchild", "1");
+            currentChildNumChild = "1";
+        }
     }
 
     putCommaIfNeeded();
@@ -790,6 +804,8 @@ void QDumper::beginChildren(const char *mainInnerType)
 void QDumper::endChildren()
 {
     put(']');
+    currentChildType = 0;
+    currentChildNumChild = 0;
 }
 
 // simple string property
@@ -869,7 +885,7 @@ static void qDumpUnknown(QDumper &d, const char *why = 0)
         why = DUMPUNKNOWN_MESSAGE;
     d.putItem("value", why);
     d.putItem("type", d.outertype);
-    d.putItem("numchild", "0");
+    d.putItem("numchild", "0", d.currentChildNumChild);
     d.disarm();
 }
 
@@ -880,7 +896,7 @@ static void qDumpStdStringValue(QDumper &d, const std::string &str)
     d.endItem();
     d.putItem("valueencoded", "1");
     d.putItem("type", "std::string");
-    d.putItem("numchild", "0");
+    d.putItem("numchild", "0", d.currentChildNumChild);
 }
 
 static void qDumpStdWStringValue(QDumper &d, const std::wstring &str)
@@ -889,8 +905,8 @@ static void qDumpStdWStringValue(QDumper &d, const std::wstring &str)
     d.putBase64Encoded((const char *)str.c_str(), str.size() * sizeof(wchar_t));
     d.endItem();
     d.putItem("valueencoded", (sizeof(wchar_t) == 2 ? "2" : "3"));
-    d.putItem("type", "std::wstring");
-    d.putItem("numchild", "0");
+    d.putItem("type", "std::wstring", d.currentChildType);
+    d.putItem("numchild", "0", d.currentChildNumChild);
 }
 
 // Called by templates, so, not static.
@@ -902,7 +918,7 @@ static void qDumpInnerQCharValue(QDumper &d, QChar c, const char *field)
         buf[1] = char(c.unicode());
     d.putCommaIfNeeded();
     d.putItem(field, buf);
-    d.putItem("numchild", 0);
+    d.putItem("numchild", "0", d.currentChildNumChild);
 }
 
 static void qDumpInnerCharValue(QDumper &d, char c, const char *field)
@@ -913,7 +929,7 @@ static void qDumpInnerCharValue(QDumper &d, char c, const char *field)
         buf[1] = c;
     d.putCommaIfNeeded();
     d.putItem(field, buf);
-    d.putItem("numchild", 0);
+    d.putItem("numchild", "0", d.currentChildNumChild);
 }
 
 void qDumpInnerValueHelper(QDumper &d, const char *type, const void *addr,
@@ -1016,7 +1032,7 @@ void qDumpInnerValueHelper(QDumper &d, const char *type, const void *addr,
 static void qDumpInnerValue(QDumper &d, const char *type, const void *addr)
 {
     d.putItem("addr", addr);
-    d.putItem("type", type);
+    d.putItem("type", type, d.currentChildType);
 
     if (!type[0])
         return;
@@ -1031,7 +1047,7 @@ static void qDumpInnerValueOrPointer(QDumper &d,
         if (deref(addr)) {
             d.putItem("addr", deref(addr));
             d.putItem("saddr", deref(addr));
-            d.putItem("type", strippedtype);
+            d.putItem("type", strippedtype, d.currentChildType);
             qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, strippedtype, deref(addr));
         } else {
             d.putItem("addr", addr);
@@ -1041,7 +1057,7 @@ static void qDumpInnerValueOrPointer(QDumper &d,
         }
     } else {
         d.putItem("addr", addr);
-        d.putItem("type", type);
+        d.putItem("type", type, d.currentChildType);
         qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, type, addr);
     }
 }
@@ -1186,7 +1202,6 @@ static void qDumpQByteArray(QDumper &d)
             unsigned char u = (isprint(c) && c != '\'' && c != '"') ? c : '?';
             sprintf(buf, "%02x  (%u '%c')", c, c, u);
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             d.putItem("value", buf);
             d.endHash();
         }
@@ -1474,7 +1489,6 @@ static void qDumpQHash(QDumper &d)
         d.beginChildren();
         while (node != end) {
             d.beginHash();
-                d.putItem("name", i);
                 qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, keyType, addOffset(node, keyOffset), "key");
                 qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, valueType, addOffset(node, valueOffset));
                 if (isSimpleKey && isSimpleValue) {
@@ -1616,7 +1630,6 @@ static void qDumpQList(QDumper &d)
         d.beginChildren(n ? d.innertype : 0);
         for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             if (innerTypeIsPointer) {
                 void *p = ldata.d->array + i + pdata->begin;
                 d.putItem("saddr", p);
@@ -1675,7 +1688,6 @@ static void qDumpQLinkedList(QDumper &d)
         const void *p = deref(ldata);
         for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             const void *addr = addOffset(p, 2 * sizeof(void*));
             qDumpInnerValueOrPointer(d, d.innertype, stripped, addr);
             p = deref(p);
@@ -1821,7 +1833,6 @@ static void qDumpQMap(QDumper &d)
 
         while (node != end) {
             d.beginHash();
-                d.putItem("name", i);
                 qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, keyType, addOffset(node, keyOffset), "key");
                 qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, valueType, addOffset(node, valueOffset));
                 if (isSimpleKey && isSimpleValue) {
@@ -2552,7 +2563,6 @@ static void qDumpQObjectChildList(QDumper &d)
         d.beginChildren();
         for (int i = 0; i != size; ++i) {
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, NS"QObject *", children.at(i));
             d.endHash();
         }
@@ -2600,7 +2610,6 @@ static void qDumpQSet(QDumper &d)
         for (int bucket = 0; bucket != hd->numBuckets && i <= 10000; ++bucket) {
             for (node = hd->buckets[bucket]; node->next; node = node->next) {
                 d.beginHash();
-                d.putItem("name", i);
                 d.putItem("type", d.innertype);
                 d.beginItem("exp");
                     d.put("(('"NS"QHashNode<").put(d.innertype
@@ -2705,7 +2714,6 @@ static void qDumpQStringList(QDumper &d)
         d.beginChildren(n ? NS"QString" : 0);
         for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             d.putItem("value", list[i]);
             d.putItem("valueencoded", "2");
             d.endHash();
@@ -2764,7 +2772,6 @@ static void qDumpQVector(QDumper &d)
         d.beginChildren(d.innertype);
         for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             qDumpInnerValueOrPointer(d, d.innertype, stripped,
                 addOffset(v, i * innersize + typeddatasize));
             d.endHash();
@@ -2860,7 +2867,6 @@ static void qDumpStdList(QDumper &d)
         it = list.begin();
         for (int i = 0; i < 1000 && it != cend; ++i, ++it) {
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             qDumpInnerValueOrPointer(d, d.innertype, stripped, it.operator->());
             d.endHash();
         }
@@ -2928,7 +2934,6 @@ static void qDumpStdMapHelper(QDumper &d)
         for (int i = 0; i < 1000 && it != cend; ++i, ++it) {
             d.beginHash();
                 const void *node = it.operator->();
-                d.putItem("name", i);
                 qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, keyType, node, "key");
                 qDumpInnerValueHelper(d, valueType, addOffset(node, valueOffset));
                 if (isSimpleKey && isSimpleValue) {
@@ -3023,7 +3028,6 @@ static void qDumpStdSetHelper(QDumper &d)
         for (int i = 0; i < 1000 && it != cend; ++i, ++it) {
             const void *node = it.operator->();
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             qDumpInnerValueOrPointer(d, d.innertype, stripped, node);
             d.endHash();
         }
@@ -3127,7 +3131,6 @@ static void qDumpStdVector(QDumper &d)
         d.beginChildren(n ? d.innertype : 0);
         for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
             d.beginHash();
-            d.putItem("name", i);
             qDumpInnerValueOrPointer(d, d.innertype, stripped,
                 addOffset(v->start, i * innersize));
             d.endHash();
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index d60877b4dc44ebfa82fc2119312d4e92579e715d..91fffde641a05490828737d9d736b5e54f995027 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -3423,9 +3423,14 @@ void GdbEngine::handleDebuggingHelperValue2(const GdbResultRecord &record,
     setWatchDataChildCount(childtemplate, contents.findChild("childnumchild"));
     //qDebug() << "DATA:" << data.toString();
     insertData(data);
+    int i = 0;
     foreach (GdbMi item, children.children()) {
         WatchData data1 = childtemplate;
-        data1.name = _(item.findChild("name").data());
+        GdbMi name = item.findChild("name");
+        if (name.isValid())
+            data1.name = _(name.data());
+        else
+            data1.name = QString::number(i);
         data1.iname = data.iname + _c('.') + data1.name;
         if (!data1.name.isEmpty() && data1.name.at(0).isDigit())
             data1.name = _c('[') + data1.name + _c(']');
@@ -3454,6 +3459,7 @@ void GdbEngine::handleDebuggingHelperValue2(const GdbResultRecord &record,
             data1.setChildrenUnneeded();
         //qDebug() << "HANDLE CUSTOM SUBCONTENTS:" << data1.toString();
         insertData(data1);
+        ++i;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/debugger/main.cpp b/tests/auto/debugger/main.cpp
index 522583a7047516c0d683e671e0b1964f1f9b6d3d..7e0b947220ef93abe2cd3241fc585072bd43d618 100644
--- a/tests/auto/debugger/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/debugger/main.cpp
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ void tst_Debugger::dumpQList_int()
     ilist.append(2);
     testDumper("value='<2 items>',valuedisabled='true',numchild='2',"
         "internal='1',childtype='int',childnumchild='0',children=["
-        "{name='0',addr='" + str(&ilist.at(0)) + "',value='1'},"
-        "{name='1',addr='" + str(&ilist.at(1)) + "',value='2'}]",
+        "{addr='" + str(&ilist.at(0)) + "',value='1'},"
+        "{addr='" + str(&ilist.at(1)) + "',value='2'}]",
         &ilist, NS"QList", true, "int");
 }
 
@@ -430,10 +430,8 @@ void tst_Debugger::dumpQList_char()
     clist.append('b');
     testDumper("value='<2 items>',valuedisabled='true',numchild='2',"
         "internal='1',childtype='char',childnumchild='0',children=["
-        "{name='0',addr='" + str(&clist.at(0)) + "',"
-            "value=''a', ascii=97',numchild='0'},"
-        "{name='1',addr='" + str(&clist.at(1)) + "',"
-            "value=''b', ascii=98',numchild='0'}]",
+        "{addr='" + str(&clist.at(0)) + "',value=''a', ascii=97'},"
+        "{addr='" + str(&clist.at(1)) + "',value=''b', ascii=98'}]",
         &clist, NS"QList", true, "char");
 }
 
@@ -447,10 +445,8 @@ void tst_Debugger::dumpQList_QString()
     slist.append("b");
     testDumper("value='<2 items>',valuedisabled='true',numchild='2',"
         "internal='1',childtype='"NS"QString',childnumchild='0',children=["
-        "{name='0',addr='" + str(&slist.at(0)) + "',"
-            "value='YQA=',valueencoded='2'},"
-        "{name='1',addr='" + str(&slist.at(1)) + "',"
-            "value='YgA=',valueencoded='2'}]",
+        "{addr='" + str(&slist.at(0)) + "',value='YQA=',valueencoded='2'},"
+        "{addr='" + str(&slist.at(1)) + "',value='YgA=',valueencoded='2'}]",
         &slist, NS"QList", true, NS"QString");
 }
 
@@ -464,8 +460,8 @@ void tst_Debugger::dumpQList_Int3()
     i3list.append(Int3());
     testDumper("value='<2 items>',valuedisabled='true',numchild='2',"
         "internal='0',childtype='Int3',children=["
-        "{name='0',addr='" + str(&i3list.at(0)) + "'},"
-        "{name='1',addr='" + str(&i3list.at(1)) + "'}]",
+        "{addr='" + str(&i3list.at(0)) + "'},"
+        "{addr='" + str(&i3list.at(1)) + "'}]",
         &i3list, NS"QList", true, "Int3");
 }
 
@@ -479,8 +475,8 @@ void tst_Debugger::dumpQList_QString3()
     s3list.append(QString3());
     testDumper("value='<2 items>',valuedisabled='true',numchild='2',"
         "internal='0',childtype='QString3',children=["
-        "{name='0',addr='" + str(&s3list.at(0)) + "'},"
-        "{name='1',addr='" + str(&s3list.at(1)) + "'}]",
+        "{addr='" + str(&s3list.at(0)) + "'},"
+        "{addr='" + str(&s3list.at(1)) + "'}]",
         &s3list, NS"QList", true, "QString3");
 }
 
@@ -597,16 +593,16 @@ void tst_Debugger::dumpStdVector()
     vector.push_back(new std::list<int>(list));
     testDumper("value='<1 items>',valuedisabled='true',numchild='1',"
         "childtype='" + inner + "',childnumchild='1',"
-        "children=[{name='0',addr='" + str(deref(&vector[0])) + "',"
+        "children=[{addr='" + str(deref(&vector[0])) + "',"
             "saddr='" + str(deref(&vector[0])) + "',type='" + innerp + "'}]",
         &vector, "std::vector", true, inner, "", sizeof(std::list<int> *));
     vector.push_back(0);
     list.push_back(45);
     testDumper("value='<2 items>',valuedisabled='true',numchild='2',"
         "childtype='" + inner + "',childnumchild='1',"
-        "children=[{name='0',addr='" + str(deref(&vector[0])) + "',"
+        "children=[{addr='" + str(deref(&vector[0])) + "',"
             "saddr='" + str(deref(&vector[0])) + "',type='" + innerp + "'},"
-          "{name='1',addr='" + str(&vector[1]) + "',"
+          "{addr='" + str(&vector[1]) + "',"
             "type='" + innerp + "',value='<null>',numchild='0'}]",
         &vector, "std::vector", true, inner, "", sizeof(std::list<int> *));
     vector.push_back(new std::list<int>(list));