diff --git a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qitemselectionmodel.cpp b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qitemselectionmodel.cpp
index 65b76ca6a0..fa7d4647a4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qitemselectionmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qitemselectionmodel.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     by the model index \a index.
 */
 
+/*!
+    \fn QItemSelectionRange::swap(QItemSelectionRange &other)
+    \since 5.6
+
+    Swaps this selection range's contents with \a other.
+    This function is very fast and never fails.
+*/
+
 /*!
     \fn int QItemSelectionRange::top() const
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qitemselectionmodel.h b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qitemselectionmodel.h
index c5caa1c69e..e548a49b3d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qitemselectionmodel.h
+++ b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qitemselectionmodel.h
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ public:
     explicit inline QItemSelectionRange(const QModelIndex &index)
         { tl = index; br = tl; }
 
+    void swap(QItemSelectionRange &other) Q_DECL_NOTHROW
+    {
+        qSwap(tl, other.tl);
+        qSwap(br, other.br);
+    }
+
     inline int top() const { return tl.row(); }
     inline int left() const { return tl.column(); }
     inline int bottom() const { return br.row(); }