diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qconfig-bootstrapped.h b/src/corelib/global/qconfig-bootstrapped.h
index 3469ebe5e6..0564683f48 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qconfig-bootstrapped.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qconfig-bootstrapped.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 #define QT_FEATURE_process -1
 #define QT_FEATURE_regularexpression -1
 #define QT_FEATURE_renameat2 -1
+#define QT_FEATURE_settings -1
 #define QT_FEATURE_sharedmemory -1
 #define QT_FEATURE_slog2 -1
 #define QT_FEATURE_statx -1
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry.cpp
index cd97268d71..9792d956cc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qloggingregistry.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 #include <QtCore/qdir.h>
 #include <QtCore/qcoreapplication.h>
 
+#if QT_CONFIG(settings)
+#include <QtCore/qsettings.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qsettings_p.h>
+#endif
+
 // We can't use the default macros because this would lead to recursion.
 // Instead let's define our own one that unconditionally logs...
 #define debugMsg QMessageLogger(__FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, "qt.core.logging").debug
@@ -230,7 +235,14 @@ void QLoggingSettingsParser::parseNextLine(QStringRef line)
         int equalPos = line.indexOf(QLatin1Char('='));
         if (equalPos != -1) {
             if (line.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('=')) == equalPos) {
-                const auto pattern = line.left(equalPos).trimmed();
+                const auto key = line.left(equalPos).trimmed();
+#if QT_CONFIG(settings)
+                QString tmp;
+                QSettingsPrivate::iniUnescapedKey(key.toUtf8(), 0, key.length(), tmp);
+                QStringRef pattern = QStringRef(&tmp, 0, tmp.length());
+#else
+                QStringRef pattern = key;
+#endif
                 const auto valueStr = line.mid(equalPos + 1).trimmed();
                 int value = -1;
                 if (valueStr == QLatin1String("true"))
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qloggingregistry/tst_qloggingregistry.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qloggingregistry/tst_qloggingregistry.cpp
index 5b61a6007d..a10e706ed7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qloggingregistry/tst_qloggingregistry.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qloggingregistry/tst_qloggingregistry.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,13 @@ private slots:
                           "default=false");
         QCOMPARE(parser.rules().size(), 1);
 
+        // QSettings escapes * to %2A when writing.
+        parser.setContent("[Rules]\n"
+                          "module.%2A=false");
+        QCOMPARE(parser.rules().size(), 1);
+        QCOMPARE(parser.rules().first().category, QString("module."));
+        QCOMPARE(parser.rules().first().flags, QLoggingRule::LeftFilter);
+
         parser.setContent("[OtherSection]\n"
                           "default=false");
         QCOMPARE(parser.rules().size(), 0);