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diff --git a/src/common/peer.cpp b/src/common/peer.cpp
index 14041597..c076806f 100644
--- a/src/common/peer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/peer.cpp
@@ -32,3 +32,25 @@ AuthHandler *Peer::authHandler() const
 {
     return _authHandler;
 }
+
+
+// PeerPtr is used in RPC signatures for enabling receivers to send replies
+// to a particular peer rather than broadcast to all connected ones.
+// To enable this, the SignalProxy transparently replaces the bogus value
+// received over the network with the actual address of the local Peer
+// instance. Because the actual value isn't needed on the wire, it is
+// serialized as null.
+QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &out, PeerPtr ptr)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(ptr);
+    out << static_cast<quint64>(0);  // 64 bit for historic reasons
+    return out;
+}
+
+QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, PeerPtr &ptr)
+{
+    ptr = nullptr;
+    quint64 value;
+    in >> value;
+    return in;
+}