diff --git a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
index d5c69ea89..881ba7b91 100644
--- a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
+++ b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
@@ -3541,14 +3541,20 @@ bool QetScriptApi::cropImage(int folioIndex, int imageIndex, int x, int y, int w
 /**
 	@brief QetScriptApi::imageCrop
 	@return the image's crop rectangle in its original's pixels, as
-	"x,y,width,height", or an empty string for no such image.
+	{x, y, width, height} like elementGeometry(), or an empty map for no
+	such image.
 */
-QString QetScriptApi::imageCrop(int folioIndex, int imageIndex) const
+QVariantMap QetScriptApi::imageCrop(int folioIndex, int imageIndex) const
 {
+	QVariantMap crop;
 	const QList<DiagramImageItem *> list = sortedImages(folioIndex);
-	if (imageIndex < 0 || imageIndex >= list.count()) return QString();
+	if (imageIndex < 0 || imageIndex >= list.count()) return crop;
 	const QRect r = list.at(imageIndex)->cropRect();
-	return QStringLiteral("%1,%2,%3,%4").arg(r.x()).arg(r.y()).arg(r.width()).arg(r.height());
+	crop.insert(QStringLiteral("x"), r.x());
+	crop.insert(QStringLiteral("y"), r.y());
+	crop.insert(QStringLiteral("width"), r.width());
+	crop.insert(QStringLiteral("height"), r.height());
+	return crop;
 }
 
 bool QetScriptApi::deleteImage(int folioIndex, int imageIndex)
diff --git a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.h b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.h
index b6baa85b7..2e3f327ac 100644
--- a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.h
+++ b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.h
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ class QetScriptApi : public QObject
 		Q_INVOKABLE bool setImageScale(int folioIndex, int imageIndex, double factor);
 		Q_INVOKABLE bool setImageRotation(int folioIndex, int imageIndex, double angle);
 		Q_INVOKABLE bool cropImage(int folioIndex, int imageIndex, int x, int y, int width, int height);
-		Q_INVOKABLE QString imageCrop(int folioIndex, int imageIndex) const;
+		Q_INVOKABLE QVariantMap imageCrop(int folioIndex, int imageIndex) const;
 		Q_INVOKABLE bool deleteImage(int folioIndex, int imageIndex);
 		Q_INVOKABLE int addPdfPage(int folioIndex, const QString &pdfPath, int pageNumber,
 								   int dpi, double x, double y);
diff --git a/tests/qttest/tst_imagecropundo.cpp b/tests/qttest/tst_imagecropundo.cpp
index cb2e0cc3b..9f6b8d871 100644
--- a/tests/qttest/tst_imagecropundo.cpp
+++ b/tests/qttest/tst_imagecropundo.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ class tst_imagecropundo : public QObject
 		if (!m.hasMatch()) return {};
 		return QImage::fromData(QByteArray::fromBase64(m.captured(1).toLatin1())).size();
 	}
+	// qet.imageCrop()'s {x, y, width, height}, as logged by the script.
+	static QRect rect(const QJsonValue &crop)
+	{
+		const QJsonObject o = crop.toObject();
+		return QRect(o.value("x").toInt(-1), o.value("y").toInt(-1),
+					 o.value("width").toInt(-1), o.value("height").toInt(-1));
+	}
 
 private slots:
 	void initTestCase()
@@ -122,16 +129,16 @@ qet.log('PROBE ' + JSON.stringify(r));
 
 		const QJsonObject r = run(script, QStringLiteral(QET_EXAMPLES_DIR "/741.qet"));
 		QVERIFY2(!r.isEmpty(), "the script logged nothing");
-		QCOMPARE(r.value("full").toString(), QStringLiteral("0,0,40,30"));
+		QCOMPARE(rect(r.value("full")), QRect(0, 0, 40, 30));
 		QVERIFY(r.value("cropped_ok").toBool());
-		QCOMPARE(r.value("cropped").toString(), QStringLiteral("10,5,20,10"));
+		QCOMPARE(rect(r.value("cropped")), QRect(10, 5, 20, 10));
 		// Crops that change nothing report it, and push no undo step:
 		// the undo below still undoes the real crop.
 		QCOMPARE(r.value("same_ok").toBool(true), false);
 		QCOMPARE(r.value("empty_ok").toBool(true), false);
 		QCOMPARE(r.value("outside_ok").toBool(true), false);
-		QCOMPARE(r.value("undone").toString(), QStringLiteral("0,0,40,30"));
-		QCOMPARE(r.value("redone").toString(), QStringLiteral("10,5,20,10"));
+		QCOMPARE(rect(r.value("undone")), QRect(0, 0, 40, 30));
+		QCOMPARE(rect(r.value("redone")), QRect(10, 5, 20, 10));
 
 		const QByteArray undone_xml = read(undone);
 		QVERIFY(undone_xml.contains("<image "));