diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
index 56c0cd723c..ba409a4ead 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
@@ -4486,6 +4486,8 @@ void tst_QString::section()
         QCOMPARE( wholeString.section( QRegExp(sep), start, end, QString::SectionFlag(flags) ), sectionString );
         QCOMPARE( wholeString.section( QRegularExpression(sep), start, end, QString::SectionFlag(flags) ), sectionString );
     } else {
+        if (sep.size() == 1)
+            QCOMPARE( wholeString.section( sep[0], start, end, QString::SectionFlag(flags) ), sectionString );
         QCOMPARE( wholeString.section( sep, start, end, QString::SectionFlag(flags) ), sectionString );
         QCOMPARE( wholeString.section( QRegExp(QRegExp::escape(sep)), start, end, QString::SectionFlag(flags) ), sectionString );
         QCOMPARE( wholeString.section( QRegularExpression(QRegularExpression::escape(sep)), start, end, QString::SectionFlag(flags) ), sectionString );