diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/app.asd b/examples/qsqlite/app.asd
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/app.asd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(defsystem :app
+  :serial t
+  :depends-on ()
+  :components ((:file "lisp/package")
+               (:file "lisp/qt")
+               (:file "lisp/ui-vars")
+               (:file "lisp/db")
+               (:file "lisp/main")))
+
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/app.pro b/examples/qsqlite/app.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6ef2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/app.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+LISP_FILES = $$files(lisp/*) app.asd make.lisp
+
+exists(/etc/sailfish-release) {
+  CONFIG += sfos
+}
+
+android {
+  32bit {
+    ECL = $$(ECL_ANDROID_32)
+  } else {
+    ECL = $$(ECL_ANDROID)
+  }
+  lisp.commands = $$ECL/../ecl-android-host/bin/ecl \
+                  -norc -shell $$PWD/make.lisp
+} else:ios {
+  lisp.commands = $$(ECL_IOS)/../ecl-ios-host/bin/ecl \
+                  -norc -shell $$PWD/make.lisp
+} else:unix {
+  lisp.commands = /usr/local/bin/ecl -shell $$PWD/make.lisp
+} else:win32 {
+  lisp.commands = ecl.exe -shell $$PWD/make.lisp
+}
+
+lisp.input = LISP_FILES
+
+win32:  lisp.output = tmp/app.lib
+!win32: lisp.output = tmp/libapp.a
+
+QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += lisp
+
+win32:  PRE_TARGETDEPS = tmp/app.lib
+!win32: PRE_TARGETDEPS = tmp/libapp.a
+
+QT          += quick qml quickcontrols2 sql
+TEMPLATE    = app
+CONFIG      += c++17 no_keywords release
+DEFINES     = DESKTOP_APP INI_LISP QT_EXTENSION
+INCLUDEPATH = /usr/local/include
+LIBS        = -L/usr/local/lib -lecl
+DESTDIR     = .
+TARGET      = app
+OBJECTS_DIR = tmp
+MOC_DIR     = tmp
+
+linux: LIBS += -L../../../platforms/linux/lib
+macx:  LIBS += -L../../../platforms/macos/lib
+win32: LIBS += -L../../../platforms/windows/lib
+
+win32 {
+  include(../../src/windows.pri)
+}
+
+android {
+  DEFINES     -= DESKTOP_APP
+  INCLUDEPATH = $$ECL/include
+  LIBS        = -L$$ECL/lib -lecl
+  LIBS        += -L../../../platforms/android/lib
+
+  equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+    QT += core-private
+  }
+  lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+    QT += androidextras
+  }
+
+  ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS         += $$ECL/lib/libecl.so
+  ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR = ../platforms/android
+
+  32bit {
+    ANDROID_ABIS = "armeabi-v7a"
+  } else {
+    ANDROID_ABIS = "arm64-v8a"
+  }
+}
+
+ios {
+  DEFINES     -= DESKTOP_APP
+  INCLUDEPATH = $$(ECL_IOS)/include
+  LIBS        = -L$$(ECL_IOS)/lib -lecl
+  LIBS        += -leclatomic -leclffi -leclgc -leclgmp
+  LIBS        += -L../../../platforms/ios/lib
+}
+
+32bit {
+  android {
+    equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+      LIBS += -llqml32_armeabi-v7a
+    }
+    lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+      LIBS += -llqml32
+    }
+  }
+  !android {
+    LIBS += -llqml32
+  }
+  LIBS += -llisp32
+} else {
+  android {
+    equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+      LIBS += -llqml_arm64-v8a
+    }
+    lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+      LIBS += -llqml
+    }
+  }
+  !android {
+    LIBS += -llqml
+  }
+  LIBS += -llisp
+}
+
+LIBS    += -Ltmp -lapp
+
+HEADERS += \
+  ../../src/cpp/main.h \
+  cpp/qt.h
+
+SOURCES += \
+  ../../src/cpp/main.cpp \
+  cpp/qt.cpp
+
+RESOURCES += $$files(qml/*)
+RESOURCES += $$files(i18n/*.qm)
+
+lupdate_only {
+  SOURCES += i18n/tr.h
+}
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diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.cpp b/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bfdcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#include "qt.h"
+#include <QSqlQuery>
+#include <QSqlError>
+#include <QQuickView>
+#include <QtDebug>
+
+QObject* ini() {
+  static QObject* qt = nullptr;
+  if (qt == nullptr) {
+    qt = new QT;
+  }
+  return qt;
+}
+
+QT::QT() : QObject() {
+}
+
+QVariant QT::dataPath(const QVariant& prefix) {
+  // for desktop
+  QString path = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppLocalDataLocation);
+  path.truncate(path.lastIndexOf(QChar('/')));
+  path.append(QStringLiteral("/lqml-qsqlite/") + prefix.toString());
+  return path;
+}
+
+// SQL
+
+QVariant QT::iniDb(const QVariant& vName, const QVariant& vQuickView) {
+  // add database image provider, in order to load images in QML directly from a SQL database
+  auto quickView = vQuickView.value<QQuickView*>();
+  quickView->engine()->addImageProvider(QLatin1String("db"), new DatabaseImageProvider(this));
+  // ini
+  db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE");
+  db.setDatabaseName(vName.toString());
+  return vName;
+}
+
+QVariant QT::sqlQuery(const QVariant& vQuery, const QVariant& vValues, const QVariant& vCols) {
+  QVariantList results;
+  QSqlQuery sqlQuery(db);
+  if (db.open()) {
+    QString query = vQuery.toString();
+    sqlQuery.prepare(vQuery.toString());
+    const QVariantList values = vValues.value<QVariantList>();
+    for (auto value : values) {
+      sqlQuery.addBindValue(value);
+    }
+    if (sqlQuery.exec()) {
+      auto cols = vCols.toInt();
+      while (sqlQuery.next()) {
+        if (cols > 1) {
+          QVariantList list;
+          for (auto r = 0; r < cols; r++) {
+            list << sqlQuery.value(r);
+          }
+          results << QVariant(list);
+        } else {
+          results << sqlQuery.value(0);
+        }
+      }
+      if (!cols && query.startsWith("insert", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+        results << sqlQuery.lastInsertId();
+      }
+      db.close();
+      return results;
+    }
+    db.close();
+  }
+  QString text;
+  if (sqlQuery.lastError().isValid()) {
+    text = sqlQuery.lastError().text();
+  } else {
+    text = db.lastError().text();
+  }
+  qDebug() << "SQL error:" << text;
+  return QVariant();
+}
+
+// database image provider
+
+QPixmap DatabaseImageProvider::requestPixmap(const QString& name, QSize* size, const QSize& requestedSize) {
+  auto result = qt->sqlQuery(
+    "select data from images where name = ?",
+    QVariantList() << name,
+    1); // number of returned columns
+  QPixmap pixmap;
+  pixmap.loadFromData(result.value<QVariantList>().first().toByteArray());
+  *size = pixmap.size();
+  if (requestedSize.isValid() && (pixmap.size() != requestedSize)) {
+    pixmap = pixmap.scaled(requestedSize);
+  }
+  return pixmap;
+}
+
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.h b/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b96916f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QtCore>
+#include <QSqlDatabase>
+#include <QQuickImageProvider>
+
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
+#define LIB_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+#define LIB_EXPORT
+#endif
+
+extern "C" { LIB_EXPORT QObject* ini(); }
+
+class QT : public QObject {
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+  Q_INVOKABLE QVariant dataPath(const QVariant&);
+  Q_INVOKABLE QVariant iniDb(const QVariant&, const QVariant&);
+  Q_INVOKABLE QVariant sqlQuery(const QVariant&, const QVariant&, const QVariant&);
+
+  QT();
+
+  QSqlDatabase db;
+};
+
+class DatabaseImageProvider : public QQuickImageProvider {
+
+public:
+  DatabaseImageProvider(QT* _qt) : QQuickImageProvider(QQuickImageProvider::Pixmap), qt(_qt) {}
+
+  QPixmap requestPixmap(const QString&, QSize*, const QSize&);
+
+  QT* qt;
+};
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.pro b/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea1d7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/cpp/qt.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+QT          += sql quick
+TEMPLATE    = lib
+CONFIG      += c++17 plugin release no_keywords
+DEFINES     += PLUGIN
+INCLUDEPATH = /usr/local/include ../../../src/cpp
+LIBS        = -L/usr/local/lib -lecl
+DESTDIR     = ./
+TARGET      = qt
+OBJECTS_DIR = ./tmp/
+MOC_DIR     = ./tmp/
+
+HEADERS += qt.h
+SOURCES += qt.cpp
+
+linux {
+  LIBS += -L../../../platforms/linux/lib
+}
+
+macx {
+  LIBS += -L../../../platforms/macos/lib
+}
+
+win32 {
+  include(../../../src/windows.pri)
+
+  LIBS += -L../../../platforms/windows/lib
+}
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/lisp/db.lisp b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/db.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e393afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/db.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+(in-package :db)
+
+(defvar *file* nil)
+
+(defun query (query &rest values)
+  (let ((rows (and (x:starts-with "select" query)
+                   (1+ (count #\, (subseq query 0 (search "from" query)))))))
+    (qrun* (qt:sql-query qt:*cpp* query values rows))))
+
+(defun ini ()
+  (setf *file* (app:in-data-path "db"))
+  (ensure-directories-exist *file*)
+  (qt:ini-db qt:*cpp* (namestring *file*) *quick-view*)
+  (query "create table if not exists images (id integer primary key autoincrement, name text, data blob)"))
+
+(defun size ()
+  (first (query "select count(*) from images")))
+
+(defun save-image (name data)
+  "Inserts image NAME, DATA (vector of octets) and returns the new image ID."
+  (first (query "insert into images (name, data) values (?, ?)"
+                name data)))
+
+(defun load-images ()
+  (query "select name, data from images order by id"))
+
+(defun delete-image (id)
+  (query "delete from images where id = ?"
+         id)
+  (values))
+
+(defun delete-all-images ()
+  (query "delete from images"))
+
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/lisp/main.lisp b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/main.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75ce565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/main.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+(in-package :app)
+
+(defun ini ()
+  (qt:ini)
+  (db:ini)
+  (populate-db)
+  ;; loads image directly from database, see 'cpp/qt.cpp::DatabaseImageProvider'
+  (q> |source| ui:*logo* "image://db/logo-128"))
+
+(defun in-data-path (&optional (file "") (prefix "data/"))
+  #+mobile
+  (merge-pathnames (x:cc prefix file))
+  #-mobile
+  (x:cc (qrun* (qt:data-path qt:*cpp* prefix)) file))
+
+(defun file-bytes (file)
+  (with-open-file (s file :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))
+    (let ((arr (make-array (file-length s) :element-type '(unsigned-byte 8))))
+      (read-sequence arr s)
+      arr)))
+
+;; put images in database
+
+(defun populate-db ()
+  (let ((files (sort (directory (merge-pathnames "blob/*.png"))
+                     'string< :key 'pathname-name)))
+    (when (/= (length files) (db:size))
+      (if (probe-file (merge-pathnames "blob/"))
+          (progn
+            (db:delete-all-images)
+            (dolist (file files)
+              (db:save-image (pathname-name file) (file-bytes file)))))
+          (x:d "No 'blob/' directory found."))))
+
+(qlater 'ini)
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/lisp/package.lisp b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/package.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5f8a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/package.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+(defpackage :app
+  (:use :cl :qml)
+  (:export
+   #:in-data-path))
+
+(defpackage :db
+  (:use :cl :qml)
+  (:export
+   #:delete-image
+   #:delete-all-images
+   #:ini
+   #:load-images
+   #:save-image
+   #:size))
+
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/lisp/qt.lisp b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/qt.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2da0be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/qt.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+(defpackage :qt
+  (:use :cl :qml)
+  (:export
+   #:*cpp*
+   #:data-path
+   #:ini
+   #:ini-db
+   #:sql-query))
+
+(in-package :qt)
+
+(defvar *cpp* nil)
+
+(defun ini ()
+  (setf *cpp*
+        #+qt-plugin (qload-c++ "cpp/qt")
+        #-qt-plugin (qfind-child nil "QT"))
+  (let ((*package* (find-package :qt)))
+    (define-qt-wrappers *cpp*)))
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/lisp/ui-vars.lisp b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/ui-vars.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ec1f72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/lisp/ui-vars.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(defpackage ui
+  (:use :cl :qml)
+  (:export
+   #:*logo*))
+
+(in-package :ui)
+
+(defparameter *logo* "logo")
+
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/make.lisp b/examples/qsqlite/make.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6745ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/make.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+;; check target
+(let ((arg (first (ext:command-args))))
+  (mapc (lambda (name feature)
+          (when (search name arg)
+            (pushnew feature *features*)))
+        (list "/ecl-android" "/ecl-ios")
+        (list :android :ios)))
+
+#+(or android ios)
+(pushnew :mobile *features*)
+
+(when (probe-file "/etc/sailfish-release")
+  (pushnew :sfos *features*))
+
+(defun cc (&rest args)
+  (apply 'concatenate 'string args))
+
+#+mobile
+(defvar *assets* #+android "../platforms/android/assets/lib/"
+                 #+ios     "../platforms/ios/assets/Library/")
+
+#+mobile
+(defun shell (command)
+  (ext:run-program "sh" (list "-c" command)))
+
+#+mobile
+(let ((blob #+android *assets*
+            #+ios (cc *assets* "../Documents/")))
+  (ensure-directories-exist blob)
+  (shell (cc "cp -r ../blob " blob)))
+
+(require :asdf)
+(require :cmp)
+
+(push (merge-pathnames "../")
+      asdf:*central-registry*)
+
+(setf *default-pathname-defaults*
+      (truename (merge-pathnames "../../../"))) ; LQML root
+
+(defvar *current*
+        (let ((name (namestring *load-truename*)))
+          (subseq name
+                  (length (namestring *default-pathname-defaults*))
+                  (1+ (position #\/ name :from-end t)))))
+
+(dolist (file (list "package" "x" "ecl-ext" "ini" "qml")) ; load LQML symbols
+  (load (merge-pathnames file "src/lisp/")))
+
+(defun cc (&rest args)
+  (apply 'concatenate 'string args))
+
+(progn
+  (defvar cl-user::*tr-path* (truename (cc *current* "i18n/")))
+  (load "src/lisp/tr"))
+
+#-mobile
+(asdf:make-build "app"
+                 :monolithic t
+                 :type :static-library
+                 :move-here (cc *current* "build/tmp/")
+                 :init-name "ini_app")
+
+#+mobile
+(progn
+  (pushnew :interpreter *features*)
+  (defvar *asdf-system*  "app")
+  (defvar *ql-libs*      (cc *current* "ql-libs.lisp"))
+  (defvar *init-name*    "ini_app")
+  (defvar *library-path* (format nil "~Abuild-~A/tmp/"
+                                 *current*
+                                 #+android "android"
+                                 #+ios     "ios"))
+  (defvar *require*      (list :ecl-curl))
+  (load "platforms/shared/make"))
+
+;; rename lib
+(let* ((from #-mobile (cc *current* (format nil "build/tmp/app--all-systems.~A"
+                                            #+msvc "lib"
+                                            #-msvc "a"))
+             #+mobile (cc *library-path* "app--all-systems.a"))
+       (to   #-msvc "libapp.a"
+             #+msvc "app.lib")
+       (to*  #-mobile (cc *current* "build/tmp/" to)
+             #+mobile (cc *library-path* to)))
+  (when (probe-file to*)
+    (delete-file to*))
+  (rename-file from to))
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/qml/main.qml b/examples/qsqlite/qml/main.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d11cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/qml/main.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import QtQuick 2.15
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.15
+
+Item {
+  width: 300
+  height: 500
+
+  Image {
+    objectName: "logo"
+    anchors.centerIn: parent
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/readme.md b/examples/qsqlite/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81dfa3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+Info
+----
+
+This is a simple example of:
+
+* using the **qsqlite** (Qt specific SQLite DB) library directly from Lisp
+* providing a custom image provider, so we can directly load images in QML from
+  an SQL database
+
+The qsqlite library that comes with Qt has the advantage of being pulled in
+automatically as a dependency, and behaving exactly the same, no matter what OS
+is used. This is especially convenient on mobile.
+
+If you run the example with:
+```
+$ lqml run.lisp -slime
+```
+you can then try to change the image source from the REPL:
+```
+(in-package :app)
+
+(q> |source| ui:*logo* "image://db/logo-256")
+```
+This will load the image directly from the database.
+
+
+Run
+---
+```
+lqml run.lisp
+```
+Optionally pass `-slime` to start a Swank server, and connect from Emacs with
+`M-x slime-connect`.
+
+During development you can pass `-auto`, which will reload all QML files after
+you made a change to any of them and saved it. For re-initialization after
+reloading, file `lisp/qml-reload/on-reloaded` will be loaded.
+
+Closing the window quits the app. If you try to kill it with `ctrl-c`, you need
+an additional `ctrl-d` to exit from ECL. To quit from Slime, do `(qq)` which is
+short for `(qquit)`.
+
diff --git a/examples/qsqlite/run.lisp b/examples/qsqlite/run.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0e113d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/qsqlite/run.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+(in-package :qml-user)
+
+(pushnew :qt-plugin *features*)
+
+(require :asdf)
+
+(push (merge-pathnames "./")
+      asdf:*central-registry*)
+
+(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-source-op :app)
+
+(qset *quick-view*
+      |x| 75
+      |y| 75)
+
+(defun option (name)
+  (find name (ext:command-args) :test 'search))
+
+;;; trivial auto reload of all QML files after saving any change
+
+(when (option "-auto")
+  (load "lisp/qml-reload/auto-reload"))
+
+;;; for Slime after copying 'lqml-start-swank.lisp' from LQML sources
+;;; to your Slime directory, which is assumed to be '~/slime/'
+
+(when (option "-slime")
+  (load "~/slime/lqml-start-swank")) ; for 'slime-connect' from Emacs
+