diff --git a/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation.cpp b/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation.cpp
index be2bed0a07..03efb7f691 100644
--- a/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 void QPropertyAnimationPrivate::updateMetaProperty()
 {
-    if (!target || propertyName.isEmpty()) {
+    if (!target || propertyName.value().isEmpty()) {
         propertyType = QMetaType::UnknownType;
         propertyIndex = -1;
         return;
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ void QPropertyAnimationPrivate::updateMetaProperty()
 
     //propertyType will be set to a valid type only if there is a Q_PROPERTY
     //otherwise it will be set to QVariant::Invalid at the end of this function
-    propertyType = targetValue->property(propertyName).userType();
-    propertyIndex = targetValue->metaObject()->indexOfProperty(propertyName);
+    propertyType = targetValue->property(propertyName.value()).userType();
+    propertyIndex = targetValue->metaObject()->indexOfProperty(propertyName.value());
 
     if (propertyType != QMetaType::UnknownType)
         convertValues(propertyType);
@@ -108,9 +108,13 @@ void QPropertyAnimationPrivate::updateMetaProperty()
         //there is no Q_PROPERTY on the object
         propertyType = QMetaType::UnknownType;
         if (!targetValue->dynamicPropertyNames().contains(propertyName))
-            qWarning("QPropertyAnimation: you're trying to animate a non-existing property %s of your QObject", propertyName.constData());
+            qWarning("QPropertyAnimation: you're trying to animate a non-existing property %s of "
+                     "your QObject",
+                     propertyName.value().constData());
     } else if (!targetValue->metaObject()->property(propertyIndex).isWritable()) {
-        qWarning("QPropertyAnimation: you're trying to animate the non-writable property %s of your QObject", propertyName.constData());
+        qWarning("QPropertyAnimation: you're trying to animate the non-writable property %s of "
+                 "your QObject",
+                 propertyName.value().constData());
     }
 }
 
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ void QPropertyAnimationPrivate::updateProperty(const QVariant &newValue)
         void *argv[] = { const_cast<void *>(newValue.constData()), const_cast<QVariant *>(&newValue), &status, &flags };
         QMetaObject::metacall(targetValue, QMetaObject::WriteProperty, propertyIndex, argv);
     } else {
-        targetValue->setProperty(propertyName.constData(), newValue);
+        targetValue->setProperty(propertyName.value().constData(), newValue);
     }
 }
 
@@ -214,10 +218,20 @@ void QPropertyAnimation::setPropertyName(const QByteArray &propertyName)
         return;
     }
 
-    d->propertyName = propertyName;
+    d->propertyName.removeBindingUnlessInWrapper();
+
+    if (d->propertyName == propertyName)
+        return;
+
+    d->propertyName.setValueBypassingBindings(propertyName);
     d->updateMetaProperty();
+    d->propertyName.notify();
 }
 
+QBindable<QByteArray> QPropertyAnimation::bindablePropertyName()
+{
+    return &d_func()->propertyName;
+}
 
 /*!
     \reimp
@@ -252,8 +266,9 @@ void QPropertyAnimation::updateState(QAbstractAnimation::State newState,
     Q_D(QPropertyAnimation);
 
     if (!d->target && oldState == Stopped) {
-        qWarning("QPropertyAnimation::updateState (%s): Changing state of an animation without target",
-                 d->propertyName.constData());
+        qWarning("QPropertyAnimation::updateState (%s): Changing state of an animation without "
+                 "target",
+                 d->propertyName.value().constData());
         return;
     }
 
@@ -276,7 +291,8 @@ void QPropertyAnimation::updateState(QAbstractAnimation::State newState,
             locker.unlock();
             // update the default start value
             if (oldState == Stopped) {
-                d->setDefaultStartEndValue(d->targetValue->property(d->propertyName.constData()));
+                d->setDefaultStartEndValue(
+                        d->targetValue->property(d->propertyName.value().constData()));
                 //let's check if we have a start value and an end value
                 const char *what = nullptr;
                 if (!startValue().isValid() && (d->direction == Backward || !d->defaultStartEndValue.isValid())) {
@@ -289,8 +305,10 @@ void QPropertyAnimation::updateState(QAbstractAnimation::State newState,
                         what = "end";
                 }
                 if (Q_UNLIKELY(what)) {
-                    qWarning("QPropertyAnimation::updateState (%s, %s, %ls): starting an animation without %s value",
-                             d->propertyName.constData(), d->target.data()->metaObject()->className(),
+                    qWarning("QPropertyAnimation::updateState (%s, %s, %ls): starting an animation "
+                             "without %s value",
+                             d->propertyName.value().constData(),
+                             d->target.data()->metaObject()->className(),
                              qUtf16Printable(d->target.data()->objectName()), what);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation.h b/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation.h
index a1caafcad5..4482e7f7ab 100644
--- a/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation.h
+++ b/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class QPropertyAnimationPrivate;
 class Q_CORE_EXPORT QPropertyAnimation : public QVariantAnimation
 {
     Q_OBJECT
-    Q_PROPERTY(QByteArray propertyName READ propertyName WRITE setPropertyName)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QByteArray propertyName READ propertyName WRITE setPropertyName BINDABLE
+                       bindablePropertyName)
     Q_PROPERTY(QObject* targetObject READ targetObject WRITE setTargetObject)
 
 public:
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ public:
 
     QByteArray propertyName() const;
     void setPropertyName(const QByteArray &propertyName);
+    QBindable<QByteArray> bindablePropertyName();
 
 protected:
     bool event(QEvent *event) override;
diff --git a/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation_p.h b/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation_p.h
index cbd3ce287d..0b1bb2bd03 100644
--- a/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation_p.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "qpropertyanimation.h"
 
 #include "private/qvariantanimation_p.h"
+#include "private/qproperty_p.h"
 
 QT_REQUIRE_CONFIG(animation);
 
@@ -76,7 +77,12 @@ public:
     int propertyType;
     int propertyIndex;
 
-    QByteArray propertyName;
+    void setPropertyName(const QByteArray &propertyName)
+    {
+        q_func()->setPropertyName(propertyName);
+    }
+    Q_OBJECT_COMPAT_PROPERTY(QPropertyAnimationPrivate, QByteArray, propertyName,
+                             &QPropertyAnimationPrivate::setPropertyName)
     void updateProperty(const QVariant &);
     void updateMetaProperty();
 };
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation/CMakeLists.txt
index 5233616115..89a4d0a8e1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ qt_internal_add_test(tst_qpropertyanimation
         Qt::CorePrivate
         Qt::Gui
         Qt::Widgets
+    LIBRARIES
+        Qt::TestPrivate
 )
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation/tst_qpropertyanimation.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation/tst_qpropertyanimation.cpp
index 2c7587c2fe..5286daec6a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation/tst_qpropertyanimation.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/animation/qpropertyanimation/tst_qpropertyanimation.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include <QTest>
+#include <QtTest/private/qpropertytesthelper_p.h>
 #include <QSignalSpy>
 #include <QAnimationGroup>
 #include <QSequentialAnimationGroup>
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ private slots:
     void totalDuration();
     void zeroLoopCount();
     void recursiveAnimations();
+    void bindings();
 };
 
 void tst_QPropertyAnimation::initTestCase()
@@ -1399,6 +1401,14 @@ void tst_QPropertyAnimation::recursiveAnimations()
     QCOMPARE(o.y(), qreal(4000));
 }
 
+void tst_QPropertyAnimation::bindings()
+{
+    AnimationObject o;
+    QPropertyAnimation a(&o, "value");
+
+    QTestPrivate::testReadWritePropertyBasics(a, QByteArray("value"), QByteArray("realValue"),
+                                              "propertyName");
+}
 
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QPropertyAnimation)
 #include "tst_qpropertyanimation.moc"