diff --git a/python/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.sip b/python/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.sip
index b9188465e36..5f073489095 100644
--- a/python/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.sip
+++ b/python/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.sip
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class QgsVectorFileWriter
     /** create shapefile and initialize it */
     QgsVectorFileWriter( const QString& vectorFileName,
                          const QString& fileEncoding,
-                         const QgsFieldMap& fields,
+                         const QMap<int, QgsField>& fields,
                          QGis::WkbType geometryType,
                          const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem* srs,
                          const QString& driverName = "ESRI Shapefile",