diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index f4240e964f..5ec0b63f8e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -1505,6 +1505,24 @@ QString &QString::append(const QString &str)
     return *this;
 }
 
+/*!
+  \overload append()
+  \since 5.0
+
+  Appends \a len characters from the QChar array \a str to this string.
+*/
+QString &QString::append(const QChar *str, int len)
+{
+    if (str && len > 0) {
+        if (d->ref.isShared() || uint(d->size + len) + 1u > d->alloc)
+            reallocData(uint(d->size + len) + 1u, true);
+        memcpy(d->data() + d->size, str, len * sizeof(QChar));
+        d->size += len;
+        d->data()[d->size] = '\0';
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
 /*!
   \overload append()
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
index 2edfc04502..dfc974f72e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ public:
     inline QString &insert(int i, const QString &s) { return insert(i, s.constData(), s.length()); }
     QString &insert(int i, QLatin1String s);
     QString &append(QChar c);
+    QString &append(const QChar *uc, int len);
     QString &append(const QString &s);
     QString &append(const QStringRef &s);
     QString &append(QLatin1String s);
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
index 7476fa0c38..3891a715f7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
@@ -2012,9 +2012,29 @@ void tst_QString::insert()
 
 void tst_QString::append()
 {
-    QString a;
-    a = "<>ABCABCABCABC";
-    QCOMPARE(a.append(">"),(QString)"<>ABCABCABCABC>");
+    {
+        QString a;
+        a = "<>ABCABCABCABC";
+        QCOMPARE(a.append(">"),QString("<>ABCABCABCABC>"));
+    }
+
+    {
+        QString a;
+        static const QChar unicode[] = { 'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ',', ' ', 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd', '!' };
+        a.append(unicode, sizeof unicode / sizeof *unicode);
+        QCOMPARE(a, QLatin1String("Hello, World!"));
+        static const QChar nl('\n');
+        a.append(&nl, 1);
+        QCOMPARE(a, QLatin1String("Hello, World!\n"));
+        a.append(unicode, sizeof unicode / sizeof *unicode);
+        QCOMPARE(a, QLatin1String("Hello, World!\nHello, World!"));
+        a.append(unicode, 0); // no-op
+        QCOMPARE(a, QLatin1String("Hello, World!\nHello, World!"));
+        a.append(unicode, -1); // no-op
+        QCOMPARE(a, QLatin1String("Hello, World!\nHello, World!"));
+        a.append(0, 1); // no-op
+        QCOMPARE(a, QLatin1String("Hello, World!\nHello, World!"));
+    }
 }
 
 void tst_QString::append_bytearray_data()