diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qchar.h b/src/corelib/text/qchar.h
index fb358ba8be..8a616b4c73 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qchar.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qchar.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
 
+#include <functional> // for std::hash
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 
@@ -664,4 +666,17 @@ Q_CORE_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &, QChar &);
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
+namespace std {
+template <>
+struct hash<QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(QChar)>
+{
+    template <typename = void> // for transparent constexpr tracking
+    constexpr size_t operator()(QT_PREPEND_NAMESPACE(QChar) c) const
+        noexcept(noexcept(std::hash<char16_t>{}(u' ')))
+    {
+        return std::hash<char16_t>{}(c.unicode());
+    }
+};
+} // namespace std
+
 #endif // QCHAR_H
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qhashfunctions/tst_qhashfunctions.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qhashfunctions/tst_qhashfunctions.cpp
index fcd227f1bf..b2ec6e1c1c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qhashfunctions/tst_qhashfunctions.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qhashfunctions/tst_qhashfunctions.cpp
@@ -309,6 +309,13 @@ void tst_QHashFunctions::stdHash()
         QCOMPARE(s.size(), 2UL);
     }
 
+    {
+        std::unordered_set<QChar> s = {u'H', u'W'};
+        QCOMPARE(s.size(), 2UL);
+        s.insert(u'H');
+        QCOMPARE(s.size(), 2UL);
+    }
+
 }
 
 void tst_QHashFunctions::setGlobalQHashSeed()