diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
index 5754af42ac..db3b96d202 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.cpp
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static void customConstruct(QVariant::Private *d, const void *copy)
 
     // this logic should match with QVariantIntegrator::CanUseInternalSpace
     if (size <= sizeof(QVariant::Private::Data)
-            && (type.flags() & QMetaType::MovableType)) {
+            && (type.flags() & (QMetaType::MovableType | QMetaType::IsEnumeration))) {
         type.construct(&d->data.ptr, copy);
         d->is_shared = false;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant_p.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant_p.h
index 4ec049e20d..b523d19187 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant_p.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ template<typename T>
 struct QVariantIntegrator
 {
     static const bool CanUseInternalSpace = sizeof(T) <= sizeof(QVariant::Private::Data)
-                                            && (!QTypeInfo<T>::isStatic);
+                                            && ((!QTypeInfo<T>::isStatic) || Q_IS_ENUM(T));
 };
 Q_STATIC_ASSERT(QVariantIntegrator<double>::CanUseInternalSpace);
 Q_STATIC_ASSERT(QVariantIntegrator<long int>::CanUseInternalSpace);