diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydataops.h b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydataops.h
index 785a26c3a8..de149b701c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qarraydataops.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qarraydataops.h
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ struct QPodArrayOps
         this->size += n;
     }
 
+    void truncate(size_t newSize)
+    {
+        Q_ASSERT(!this->ref.isShared());
+        Q_ASSERT(newSize < size_t(this->size));
+
+        this->size = newSize;
+    }
+
     void destroyAll() // Call from destructors, ONLY!
     {
         Q_ASSERT(this->ref.atomic.load() == 0);
@@ -153,6 +161,17 @@ struct QGenericArrayOps
         }
     }
 
+    void truncate(size_t newSize)
+    {
+        Q_ASSERT(!this->ref.isShared());
+        Q_ASSERT(newSize < size_t(this->size));
+
+        const T *const b = this->begin();
+        do {
+            (b + --this->size)->~T();
+        } while (uint(this->size) != newSize);
+    }
+
     void destroyAll() // Call from destructors, ONLY
     {
         // As this is to be called only from destructor, it doesn't need to be
@@ -239,6 +258,7 @@ struct QMovableArrayOps
 {
     // using QGenericArrayOps<T>::appendInitialize;
     // using QGenericArrayOps<T>::copyAppend;
+    // using QGenericArrayOps<T>::truncate;
     // using QGenericArrayOps<T>::destroyAll;
 
     void insert(T *where, const T *b, const T *e)
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/simplevector.h b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/simplevector.h
index 54c9fae589..641516e0d0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/simplevector.h
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/simplevector.h
@@ -170,6 +170,36 @@ public:
         detached.swap(*this);
     }
 
+    void resize(size_t newSize)
+    {
+        if (size() == newSize)
+            return;
+
+        if (d->ref.isShared() || newSize > capacity()) {
+            SimpleVector detached(Data::allocate(
+                        d->detachCapacity(newSize), d->detachFlags()));
+            if (newSize) {
+                if (newSize < size()) {
+                    const T *const begin = constBegin();
+                    detached.d->copyAppend(begin, begin + newSize);
+                } else {
+                    if (size()) {
+                        const T *const begin = constBegin();
+                        detached.d->copyAppend(begin, begin + size());
+                    }
+                    detached.d->appendInitialize(newSize);
+                }
+            }
+            detached.swap(*this);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (newSize > size())
+            d->appendInitialize(newSize);
+        else
+            d->truncate(newSize);
+    }
+
     void prepend(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
     {
         if (!d->size) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/tst_qarraydata.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/tst_qarraydata.cpp
index b3b8040b1c..53217b2222 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/tst_qarraydata.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qarraydata/tst_qarraydata.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ private slots:
     void typedData();
     void gccBug43247();
     void arrayOps();
-    void appendInitialize();
+    void arrayOps2();
     void setSharable_data();
     void setSharable();
     void fromRawData();
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ void tst_QArrayData::arrayOps()
     }
 }
 
-void tst_QArrayData::appendInitialize()
+void tst_QArrayData::arrayOps2()
 {
     CountedObject::LeakChecker leakChecker; Q_UNUSED(leakChecker)
 
@@ -1137,6 +1137,69 @@ void tst_QArrayData::appendInitialize()
         QCOMPARE(vo[i].id, i);
         QCOMPARE(int(vo[i].flags), int(CountedObject::DefaultConstructed));
     }
+
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // appendInitialize, again
+
+    // These will detach
+    vi.resize(10);
+    vs.resize(10);
+    vo.resize(10);
+
+    QCOMPARE(vi.size(), size_t(10));
+    QCOMPARE(vs.size(), size_t(10));
+    QCOMPARE(vo.size(), size_t(10));
+
+    QCOMPARE(CountedObject::liveCount, size_t(10));
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+        QCOMPARE(vi[i], 0);
+        QVERIFY(vs[i].isNull());
+
+        QCOMPARE(vo[i].id, i);
+        QCOMPARE(int(vo[i].flags), CountedObject::DefaultConstructed
+                | CountedObject::CopyConstructed);
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 5; i < 10; ++i) {
+        QCOMPARE(vi[i], 0);
+        QVERIFY(vs[i].isNull());
+
+        QCOMPARE(vo[i].id, i + 5);
+        QCOMPARE(int(vo[i].flags), int(CountedObject::DefaultConstructed));
+    }
+
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // truncate
+    QVERIFY(!vi.isShared());
+    QVERIFY(!vs.isShared());
+    QVERIFY(!vo.isShared());
+
+    // These shouldn't detach
+    vi.resize(7);
+    vs.resize(7);
+    vo.resize(7);
+
+    QCOMPARE(vi.size(), size_t(7));
+    QCOMPARE(vs.size(), size_t(7));
+    QCOMPARE(vo.size(), size_t(7));
+
+    QCOMPARE(CountedObject::liveCount, size_t(7));
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+        QCOMPARE(vi[i], 0);
+        QVERIFY(vs[i].isNull());
+
+        QCOMPARE(vo[i].id, i);
+        QCOMPARE(int(vo[i].flags), CountedObject::DefaultConstructed
+                | CountedObject::CopyConstructed);
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 5; i < 7; ++i) {
+        QCOMPARE(vi[i], 0);
+        QVERIFY(vs[i].isNull());
+
+        QCOMPARE(vo[i].id, i + 5);
+        QCOMPARE(int(vo[i].flags), int(CountedObject::DefaultConstructed));
+    }
 }
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QArrayDataPointer<int>)