diff --git a/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp b/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
index a85dd44f65..871175a822 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
@@ -488,6 +488,15 @@ static QString propertySetter(const QDBusIntrospection::Property &property)
     return setter;
 }
 
+static QString methodName(const QDBusIntrospection::Method &method)
+{
+    QString name = method.annotations.value(QStringLiteral("org.qtproject.QtDBus.MethodName"));
+    if (!name.isEmpty())
+        return name;
+
+    return method.name;
+}
+
 static QString stringify(const QString &data)
 {
     QString retval;
@@ -679,7 +688,7 @@ static void writeProxy(const QString &filename, const QDBusIntrospection::Interf
                 hs << "> ";
             }
 
-            hs << method.name << "(";
+            hs << methodName(method) << "(";
 
             QStringList argNames = makeArgNames(method.inputArgs);
             writeArgList(hs, argNames, method.annotations, method.inputArgs);
@@ -1012,7 +1021,7 @@ static void writeAdaptor(const QString &filename, const QDBusIntrospection::Inte
                 cs << returnType << " ";
             }
 
-            QString name = method.name;
+            QString name = methodName(method);
             hs << name << "(";
             cs << className << "::" << name << "(";
 
@@ -1023,7 +1032,7 @@ static void writeAdaptor(const QString &filename, const QDBusIntrospection::Inte
             hs << ");" << endl; // finished for header
             cs << ")" << endl
                << "{" << endl
-               << "    // handle method call " << interface->name << "." << method.name << endl;
+               << "    // handle method call " << interface->name << "." << methodName(method) << endl;
 
             // make the call
             bool usingInvokeMethod = false;
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp b/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
index eac61a38b8..f6e4e3bdd9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ void tst_qdbusxml2cpp::process_data()
                                       .arg(basicTypeList[i].cppType), QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption);
     }
 
+    QTest::newRow("method-name")
+        << "<method name=\"Method\">"
+            "<arg type=\"s\" direction=\"in\"/>"
+            "<annotation name=\"org.qtproject.QtDBus.MethodName\" value=\"MethodRenamed\" />"
+            "</method>"
+        << QRegularExpression("Q_SLOTS:.*QDBusPendingReply<> MethodRenamed\\(const QString &\\w*",
+                                QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption)
+        << QRegularExpression("Q_SLOTS:.*void MethodRenamed\\(const QString &\\w*",
+                                QRegularExpression::DotMatchesEverythingOption);
+
     QTest::newRow("method-complex")
             << "<method name=\"Method\">"
                "<arg type=\"(dd)\" direction=\"in\"/>"