diff --git a/src/object/class.cpp b/src/object/class.cpp
index 5b5095151..1a198408a 100644
--- a/src/object/class.cpp
+++ b/src/object/class.cpp
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ namespace objects
           );
   }
 
-  str qualname(const char *name)
+  object qualname(const char *name)
   {
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03030000
       if (PyObject_HasAttrString(scope().ptr(), "__qualname__")) {