diff --git a/src/corelib/xml/qxmlstream.h b/src/corelib/xml/qxmlstream.h
index 4e603a951a..34f26cb953 100644
--- a/src/corelib/xml/qxmlstream.h
+++ b/src/corelib/xml/qxmlstream.h
@@ -53,7 +53,22 @@ public:
     inline QXmlStreamStringRef(const QStringRef &aString)
         :m_string(aString.string()?*aString.string():QString()), m_position(aString.position()), m_size(aString.size()){}
     inline QXmlStreamStringRef(const QString &aString):m_string(aString), m_position(0), m_size(aString.size()){}
-    inline ~QXmlStreamStringRef(){}
+
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6,0,0)
+    QXmlStreamStringRef(const QXmlStreamStringRef &other) // = default
+        : m_string(other.m_string), m_position(other.m_position), m_size(other.m_size) {}
+#ifdef Q_COMPILER_RVALUE_REFS
+    QXmlStreamStringRef(QXmlStreamStringRef &&other) Q_DECL_NOTHROW // = default
+        : m_string(std::move(other.m_string)), m_position(other.m_position), m_size(other.m_size) {}
+    QXmlStreamStringRef &operator=(QXmlStreamStringRef &&other) Q_DECL_NOTHROW // = default
+    { swap(other); return *this; }
+#endif
+    QXmlStreamStringRef &operator=(const QXmlStreamStringRef &other) // = default
+    { m_string = other.m_string; m_position = other.m_position; m_size = other.m_size; return *this; }
+    inline ~QXmlStreamStringRef() {} // ### this prevents (or deprecates) all the move/copy special member functions,
+                                     // ### that's why we need to provide them by hand above. We can't remove it in
+                                     // ### Qt 5, since that would change the way its passed to functions. In Qt 6, remove all.
+#endif // Qt < 6.0
 
     void swap(QXmlStreamStringRef &other) Q_DECL_NOTHROW
     {