diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
index 1d7c5bec51..9ce2128ead 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkrequest.cpp
@@ -889,6 +889,8 @@ static int parseHeaderName(const QByteArray &headerName)
             return QNetworkRequest::ContentLengthHeader;
         else if (qstricmp(headerName.constData(), "cookie") == 0)
             return QNetworkRequest::CookieHeader;
+        else if (qstricmp(headerName.constData(), "content-disposition") == 0)
+            return QNetworkRequest::ContentDispositionHeader;
         break;
 
     case 'l':
@@ -944,6 +946,7 @@ static QVariant parseHeaderValue(QNetworkRequest::KnownHeaders header, const QBy
     case QNetworkRequest::UserAgentHeader:
     case QNetworkRequest::ServerHeader:
     case QNetworkRequest::ContentTypeHeader:
+    case QNetworkRequest::ContentDispositionHeader:
         // copy exactly, convert to QString
         return QString::fromLatin1(value);
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkrequest/tst_qnetworkrequest.cpp b/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkrequest/tst_qnetworkrequest.cpp
index bc9144e40e..50c7ddb0b6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkrequest/tst_qnetworkrequest.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/network/access/qnetworkrequest/tst_qnetworkrequest.cpp
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@ void tst_QNetworkRequest::rawHeaderParsing_data()
                                  << QVariant::fromValue(QList<QNetworkCookie>() << cookie << cookie2)
                                  << true << "Set-Cookie"
                                  << "a=b; path=/\nc=d";
+    QTest::newRow("Content-Disposition") << QNetworkRequest::ContentDispositionHeader
+                                         << QVariant("attachment; filename=\"test.txt\"") << true
+                                         << "Content-Disposition" << "attachment; filename=\"test.txt\"";
 }
 
 void tst_QNetworkRequest::rawHeaderParsing()