diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index f237a81e9d..80138e9a0b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
      * Change, ! Fix, % Optimization, + Addition, - Removal, ; Comment
  */
 
+2017-05-12 09:57 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
+  * contrib/hbwin/olecore.c
+    + added support for VT_VARIANT items to __oleVariantNew()
+
 2017-05-11 18:05 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
   * contrib/hbwin/olecore.c
     * create resizable array instead of fixed size array when empty OLE
diff --git a/contrib/hbwin/olecore.c b/contrib/hbwin/olecore.c
index aa4764a461..60f6d0c92a 100644
--- a/contrib/hbwin/olecore.c
+++ b/contrib/hbwin/olecore.c
@@ -638,6 +638,14 @@ static SAFEARRAY * hb_oleSafeArrayFromItem( PHB_ITEM pItem, VARTYPE vt )
                   if( pStr == NULL )
                      ptr = hb_oleItemToString( hb_arrayGetItemPtr( pItem, uiPos ) );
                   break;
+               case VT_VARIANT:
+                  if( pStr == NULL )
+                  {
+                     VariantInit( &v );
+                     hb_oleItemToVariant( &v, hb_arrayGetItemPtr( pItem, uiPos ) );
+                     ptr = &v;
+                  }
+                  break;
             }
 
             if( ptr != NULL )
@@ -645,6 +653,8 @@ static SAFEARRAY * hb_oleSafeArrayFromItem( PHB_ITEM pItem, VARTYPE vt )
                long lIndex[ 1 ];
                lIndex[ 0 ] = ( long ) uiPos - 1;
                SafeArrayPutElement( pSafeArray, lIndex, ptr );
+               if( vt == VT_VARIANT )
+                  VariantClear( &v );
             }
             else
             {
@@ -2612,6 +2622,12 @@ HB_FUNC( __OLEVARIANTNEW )
          }
          break;
 
+      case VT_VARIANT:
+         VariantInit( &variant );
+         if( pInit != NULL )
+            hb_oleItemToVariant( &variant, pInit );
+         break;
+
       default:
          if( iType & VT_ARRAY )
          {