diff --git a/klipper/autotests/modeltest.cpp b/klipper/autotests/modeltest.cpp
--- a/klipper/autotests/modeltest.cpp
+++ b/klipper/autotests/modeltest.cpp
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
     // Check that the alignment is one we know about
     QVariant textAlignmentVariant = model->data ( model->index ( 0, 0 ), Qt::TextAlignmentRole );
     if ( textAlignmentVariant.isValid() ) {
-        int alignment = textAlignmentVariant.toInt();
+        unsigned int alignment = textAlignmentVariant.toUInt();
         QCOMPARE( alignment, ( alignment & ( Qt::AlignHorizontal_Mask | Qt::AlignVertical_Mask ) ) );
     }