diff --git a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
index 8fefd43977..ac0b4f4e78 100644
--- a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
@@ -1482,6 +1482,17 @@ QOpenGLTexture::~QOpenGLTexture()
 {
 }
 
+/*!
+    Returns the binding target of this texture.
+
+    \since 5.4
+*/
+QOpenGLTexture::Target QOpenGLTexture::target() const
+{
+    Q_D(const QOpenGLTexture);
+    return d->target;
+}
+
 /*!
     Creates the underlying OpenGL texture object. This requires a current valid
     OpenGL context. If the texture object already exists, this function does
diff --git a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.h b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.h
index 4587dd2f76..113325f0f6 100644
--- a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.h
+++ b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ public:
     explicit QOpenGLTexture(const QImage& image, MipMapGeneration genMipMaps = GenerateMipMaps);
     ~QOpenGLTexture();
 
+    Target target() const;
+
     // Creation and destruction
     bool create();
     void destroy();