diff --git a/src/eql.cpp b/src/eql.cpp
index b0a9bcc..25d52c2 100644
--- a/src/eql.cpp
+++ b/src/eql.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QDebug>
 
-const char EQL::version[] = "21.3.2"; // March 2021
+const char EQL::version[] = "21.3.3"; // March 2021
 
 extern "C" void ini_EQL(cl_object);
 
diff --git a/src/lisp/package.lisp b/src/lisp/package.lisp
index 3b7284e..5d9d148 100644
--- a/src/lisp/package.lisp
+++ b/src/lisp/package.lisp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
    #:file-to-url
    #:find-quick-item
    #:ini-quick-view
+   #:ini-sailfish
    #:js
    #:js-arg
    #:qml-call
diff --git a/src/lisp/qml.lisp b/src/lisp/qml.lisp
index 37154af..1aa11ae 100644
--- a/src/lisp/qml.lisp
+++ b/src/lisp/qml.lisp
@@ -209,3 +209,31 @@
         (|showFullScreen| *quick-view*)
         (|show| *quick-view*))))
 
+;;; for SailfishOS
+
+(defun ini-sailfish (file/url &optional root quick-view)
+  (when (and root
+             (qt-object-p root)
+             (= (qid "QUrl") (qt-object-id root)))
+    (setf *root* (x:cc (|toString| root) "/")))
+  (setf *quick-view* (or quick-view (qnew "QQuickView")))
+  (qconnect (|engine| *quick-view*) "quit()" 'qquit)
+  (qnew "QQmlFileSelector(QQmlEngine*,QObject*)" (|engine| *quick-view*) *quick-view*)
+  (|setSource| *quick-view* (if (stringp file/url)
+                                (file-to-url file/url)
+                                file/url))
+  (when (= |QQuickView.Error| (|status| *quick-view*))
+    ;; display eventual QML errors (don't use QMSG, doesn't work on Sailfish)
+    (print (x:join (mapcar '|toString| (|errors| *quick-view*))
+                   #.(make-string 2 :initial-element #\Newline))))
+  (|setResizeMode| *quick-view* |QQuickView.SizeRootObjectToView|)
+  (|show| *quick-view*)
+  (when quick-view
+    ;; for compiled app;
+    ;; we add a fallback restart for eventual connections from Slime;
+    ;; this is needed if an exception occurs during event driven
+    ;; function calls (which would otherwise block the Slime REPL)
+    (loop
+      (with-simple-restart (restart-qt-events "Restart Qt event processing.")
+        (qexec)))))
+