diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
index 5f91ce5e3d..3b67dd61c7 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ QStringList QWindowsFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths(const QStringList &paths,
         const QString absolutePath = isDir ? fileInfo.absoluteFilePath() : fileInfo.absolutePath();
         const uint flags = isDir
                            ? (FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME
+                              | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES
                               | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME)
                            : (FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME
                               | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher/tst_qfilesystemwatcher.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher/tst_qfilesystemwatcher.cpp
index cdd1f6361e..7d88601e54 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher/tst_qfilesystemwatcher.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher/tst_qfilesystemwatcher.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #include <QElapsedTimer>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QDir>
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_WINRT)
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
 
 /* All tests need to run in temporary directories not used
  * by the application to avoid non-deterministic failures on Windows
@@ -79,6 +82,9 @@ private slots:
     void signalsEmittedAfterFileMoved();
 
     void watchUnicodeCharacters();
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_WINRT)
+    void watchDirectoryAttributeChanges();
+#endif
 
 private:
     QString m_tempDirPattern;
@@ -813,5 +819,27 @@ void tst_QFileSystemWatcher::watchUnicodeCharacters()
     QTRY_COMPARE(changedSpy.count(), 1);
 }
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_WINRT)
+void tst_QFileSystemWatcher::watchDirectoryAttributeChanges()
+{
+    QTemporaryDir temporaryDirectory(m_tempDirPattern);
+    QVERIFY2(temporaryDirectory.isValid(), qPrintable(temporaryDirectory.errorString()));
+
+    QDir testDir(temporaryDirectory.path());
+    const QString subDir(QString::fromLatin1("attrib_test"));
+    QVERIFY(testDir.mkdir(subDir));
+    testDir = QDir(temporaryDirectory.path() + QDir::separator() + subDir);
+
+    QFileSystemWatcher watcher;
+    QVERIFY(watcher.addPath(temporaryDirectory.path()));
+    FileSystemWatcherSpy changedSpy(&watcher, FileSystemWatcherSpy::SpyOnDirectoryChanged);
+    QCOMPARE(changedSpy.count(), 0);
+    QVERIFY(SetFileAttributes(reinterpret_cast<LPCWSTR>(testDir.absolutePath().utf16()), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN) != 0);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(changedSpy.count(), 1);
+    QVERIFY(SetFileAttributes(reinterpret_cast<LPCWSTR>(testDir.absolutePath().utf16()), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL) != 0);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(changedSpy.count(), 2);
+}
+#endif
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QFileSystemWatcher)
 #include "tst_qfilesystemwatcher.moc"