diff --git a/canvas/source/vcl/canvashelper.cxx b/canvas/source/vcl/canvashelper.cxx
index 60ab39d470a2..9ad9716dde1d 100644
--- a/canvas/source/vcl/canvashelper.cxx
+++ b/canvas/source/vcl/canvashelper.cxx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/rendering/PathJoinType.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/rendering/TextDirection.hpp>
 #include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/servicehelper.hxx>
 #include <rtl/math.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/diagnose_ex.hxx>
 #include <tools/poly.hxx>
@@ -612,7 +613,7 @@ namespace vclcanvas
         ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( xLayoutedText.is(),
                          "layout is NULL");
 
-        TextLayout* pTextLayout = dynamic_cast< TextLayout* >( xLayoutedText.get() );
+        TextLayout* pTextLayout = comphelper::getFromUnoTunnel< TextLayout >( xLayoutedText );
 
         if( pTextLayout )
         {
diff --git a/canvas/source/vcl/textlayout.cxx b/canvas/source/vcl/textlayout.cxx
index 689720e4570a..6131cce0e380 100644
--- a/canvas/source/vcl/textlayout.cxx
+++ b/canvas/source/vcl/textlayout.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/rendering/TextDirection.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/rendering/ViewState.hpp>
 #include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/servicehelper.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vcl/kernarray.hxx>
@@ -420,6 +421,15 @@ namespace vclcanvas
     {
         return { "com.sun.star.rendering.TextLayout" };
     }
+
+    sal_Int64 TextLayout::getSomething(css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> const & aIdentifier) {
+        return comphelper::getSomethingImpl(aIdentifier, this);
+    }
+
+    css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> const & TextLayout::getUnoTunnelId() {
+        static comphelper::UnoIdInit const id;
+        return id.getSeq();
+    }
 }
 
 /* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/vcl/textlayout.hxx b/canvas/source/vcl/textlayout.hxx
index be8603d812f1..53f3f73033ac 100644
--- a/canvas/source/vcl/textlayout.hxx
+++ b/canvas/source/vcl/textlayout.hxx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <cppuhelper/basemutex.hxx>
 
 #include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XUnoTunnel.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/rendering/StringContext.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/rendering/XTextLayout.hpp>
 
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@
 namespace vclcanvas
 {
     typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper< css::rendering::XTextLayout,
-                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo > TextLayout_Base;
+                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo,
+                                             css::lang::XUnoTunnel > TextLayout_Base;
 
     class TextLayout : public ::cppu::BaseMutex,
                        public TextLayout_Base
@@ -78,6 +80,9 @@ namespace vclcanvas
         virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
         virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
 
+        sal_Int64 SAL_CALL getSomething(css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> const & aIdentifier) override;
+        static css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> const & getUnoTunnelId();
+
         void draw( OutputDevice&                                   rOutDev,
                    const Point&                                    rOutpos,
                    const css::rendering::ViewState&                viewState,