diff --git a/src/gui/util/qshadernodesloader.cpp b/src/gui/util/qshadernodesloader.cpp
index 390518596d..db34b6d44d 100644
--- a/src/gui/util/qshadernodesloader.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/util/qshadernodesloader.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/qjsonarray.h>
 #include <QtCore/qjsondocument.h>
 #include <QtCore/qjsonobject.h>
+#include <QtCore/qmetaobject.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -151,7 +152,30 @@ void QShaderNodesLoader::load()
         if (parametersValue.isObject()) {
             const auto parametersObject = parametersValue.toObject();
             for (const auto &parameterName : parametersObject.keys()) {
-                node.setParameter(parameterName, parametersObject.value(parameterName).toVariant());
+                const auto parameterValue = parametersObject.value(parameterName);
+                if (parameterValue.isObject()) {
+                    const auto parameterObject = parameterValue.toObject();
+                    const auto type = parameterObject.value(QStringLiteral("type")).toString();
+                    const auto typeId = QMetaType::type(type.toUtf8());
+
+                    const auto value = parameterObject.value(QStringLiteral("value")).toString();
+                    auto variant = QVariant(value);
+
+                    if (QMetaType::typeFlags(typeId) & QMetaType::IsEnumeration) {
+                        const auto metaObject = QMetaType::metaObjectForType(typeId);
+                        const auto className = metaObject->className();
+                        const auto enumName = type.mid(static_cast<int>(qstrlen(className)) + 2).toUtf8();
+                        const auto metaEnum = metaObject->enumerator(metaObject->indexOfEnumerator(enumName));
+                        const auto enumValue = metaEnum.keyToValue(value.toUtf8());
+                        variant = QVariant(enumValue);
+                        variant.convert(typeId);
+                    } else {
+                        variant.convert(typeId);
+                    }
+                    node.setParameter(parameterName, variant);
+                } else {
+                    node.setParameter(parameterName, parameterValue.toVariant());
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/util/qshadernodesloader/tst_qshadernodesloader.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/util/qshadernodesloader/tst_qshadernodesloader.cpp
index ad76012e2f..4782e40ed8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/util/qshadernodesloader/tst_qshadernodesloader.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/util/qshadernodesloader/tst_qshadernodesloader.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/qbuffer.h>
 
 #include <QtGui/private/qshadernodesloader_p.h>
+#include <QtGui/private/qshaderlanguage_p.h>
 
 using QBufferPointer = QSharedPointer<QBuffer>;
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QBufferPointer);
@@ -131,7 +132,19 @@ void tst_QShaderNodesLoader::shouldLoadFromJsonStream_data()
                            "            \"value\""
                            "        ],"
                            "        \"parameters\": {"
-                           "            \"name\": \"defaultName\""
+                           "            \"name\": \"defaultName\","
+                           "            \"qualifier\": {"
+                           "                \"type\": \"QShaderLanguage::StorageQualifier\","
+                           "                \"value\": \"QShaderLanguage::Uniform\""
+                           "            },"
+                           "            \"type\": {"
+                           "                \"type\": \"QShaderLanguage::VariableType\","
+                           "                \"value\": \"QShaderLanguage::Vec3\""
+                           "            },"
+                           "            \"defaultValue\": {"
+                           "                \"type\": \"float\","
+                           "                \"value\": \"1.25\""
+                           "            }"
                            "        },"
                            "        \"rules\": ["
                            "            {"
@@ -225,6 +238,9 @@ void tst_QShaderNodesLoader::shouldLoadFromJsonStream_data()
             createPort(QShaderNodePort::Output, "value")
         });
         inputValue.setParameter("name", "defaultName");
+        inputValue.setParameter("qualifier", QVariant::fromValue<QShaderLanguage::StorageQualifier>(QShaderLanguage::Uniform));
+        inputValue.setParameter("type", QVariant::fromValue<QShaderLanguage::VariableType>(QShaderLanguage::Vec3));
+        inputValue.setParameter("defaultValue", QVariant(1.25f));
         inputValue.addRule(openGLES2, QShaderNode::Rule("highp vec3 $value = $name;",
                                                         QByteArrayList() << "varying highp vec3 $name;"));
         inputValue.addRule(openGL2, QShaderNode::Rule("vec3 $value = $name;",