diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_winrt.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_winrt.h
index ee4e050793..dc1cbe0ade 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_winrt.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_winrt.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/QThread>
 #include <QtCore/QAbstractEventDispatcher>
+#include <QtCore/QElapsedTimer>
 #include <QtCore/qt_windows.h>
 
 // Convenience macros for handling HRESULT values
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ enum AwaitStyle
 };
 
 template <typename T>
-static inline HRESULT _await_impl(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, AwaitStyle awaitStyle)
+static inline HRESULT _await_impl(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, AwaitStyle awaitStyle, uint timeout)
 {
     Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IAsyncInfo> asyncInfo;
     HRESULT hr = asyncOp.As(&asyncInfo);
@@ -168,22 +169,34 @@ static inline HRESULT _await_impl(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, Awai
         return hr;
 
     AsyncStatus status;
+    QElapsedTimer t;
+    if (timeout)
+        t.start();
     switch (awaitStyle) {
     case ProcessMainThreadEvents:
-        while (SUCCEEDED(hr = asyncInfo->get_Status(&status)) && status == Started)
+        while (SUCCEEDED(hr = asyncInfo->get_Status(&status)) && status == Started) {
             QCoreApplication::processEvents();
+            if (timeout && t.hasExpired(timeout))
+                return ERROR_TIMEOUT;
+        }
         break;
     case ProcessThreadEvents:
         if (QAbstractEventDispatcher *dispatcher = QThread::currentThread()->eventDispatcher()) {
-            while (SUCCEEDED(hr = asyncInfo->get_Status(&status)) && status == Started)
+            while (SUCCEEDED(hr = asyncInfo->get_Status(&status)) && status == Started) {
                 dispatcher->processEvents(QEventLoop::AllEvents);
+                if (timeout && t.hasExpired(timeout))
+                    return ERROR_TIMEOUT;
+            }
             break;
         }
         // fall through
     default:
     case YieldThread:
-        while (SUCCEEDED(hr = asyncInfo->get_Status(&status)) && status == Started)
+        while (SUCCEEDED(hr = asyncInfo->get_Status(&status)) && status == Started) {
             QThread::yieldCurrentThread();
+            if (timeout && t.hasExpired(timeout))
+                return ERROR_TIMEOUT;
+        }
         break;
     }
 
@@ -199,9 +212,9 @@ static inline HRESULT _await_impl(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, Awai
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-static inline HRESULT await(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, AwaitStyle awaitStyle = YieldThread)
+static inline HRESULT await(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, AwaitStyle awaitStyle = YieldThread, uint timeout = 0)
 {
-    HRESULT hr = _await_impl(asyncOp, awaitStyle);
+    HRESULT hr = _await_impl(asyncOp, awaitStyle, timeout);
     if (FAILED(hr))
         return hr;
 
@@ -209,9 +222,9 @@ static inline HRESULT await(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, AwaitStyle
 }
 
 template <typename T, typename U>
-static inline HRESULT await(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, U *results, AwaitStyle awaitStyle = YieldThread)
+static inline HRESULT await(const Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T> &asyncOp, U *results, AwaitStyle awaitStyle = YieldThread, uint timeout = 0)
 {
-    HRESULT hr = _await_impl(asyncOp, awaitStyle);
+    HRESULT hr = _await_impl(asyncOp, awaitStyle, timeout);
     if (FAILED(hr))
         return hr;