diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpolygon.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpolygon.cpp
index 126b752811..3bf6004fcc 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpolygon.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpolygon.cpp
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ QPolygon QPolygon::united(const QPolygon &r) const
 
     Set operations on polygons will treat the polygons as
     areas. Non-closed polygons will be treated as implicitly closed.
+
+    \sa intersects()
 */
 
 QPolygon QPolygon::intersected(const QPolygon &r) const
@@ -937,6 +939,26 @@ QPolygon QPolygon::subtracted(const QPolygon &r) const
     return subject.subtracted(clip).toFillPolygon().toPolygon();
 }
 
+/*!
+    \since 5.10
+
+    Returns \c true if the current polygon intersects at any point the given polygon \a p.
+    Also returns \c true if the current polygon contains or is contained by any part of \a p.
+
+    Set operations on polygons will treat the polygons as
+    areas. Non-closed polygons will be treated as implicitly closed.
+
+    \sa intersected()
+*/
+
+bool QPolygon::intersects(const QPolygon &p) const
+{
+    QPainterPath subject; subject.addPolygon(*this);
+    QPainterPath clip; clip.addPolygon(p);
+
+    return subject.intersects(clip);
+}
+
 /*!
     \since 4.3
 
@@ -964,6 +986,7 @@ QPolygonF QPolygonF::united(const QPolygonF &r) const
     Set operations on polygons will treat the polygons as
     areas. Non-closed polygons will be treated as implicitly closed.
 
+    \sa intersects()
 */
 
 QPolygonF QPolygonF::intersected(const QPolygonF &r) const
@@ -991,6 +1014,26 @@ QPolygonF QPolygonF::subtracted(const QPolygonF &r) const
     return subject.subtracted(clip).toFillPolygon();
 }
 
+/*!
+    \since 5.10
+
+    Returns \c true if the current polygon intersects at any point the given polygon \a p.
+    Also returns \c true if the current polygon contains or is contained by any part of \a p.
+
+    Set operations on polygons will treat the polygons as
+    areas. Non-closed polygons will be treated as implicitly closed.
+
+    \sa intersected()
+*/
+
+bool QPolygonF::intersects(const QPolygonF &p) const
+{
+    QPainterPath subject; subject.addPolygon(*this);
+    QPainterPath clip; clip.addPolygon(p);
+
+    return subject.intersects(clip);
+}
+
 /*!
    Returns the polygon as a QVariant.
 */
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpolygon.h b/src/gui/painting/qpolygon.h
index f192e8d10b..8e74a499fd 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpolygon.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpolygon.h
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ public:
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QPolygon united(const QPolygon &r) const;
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QPolygon intersected(const QPolygon &r) const;
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QPolygon subtracted(const QPolygon &r) const;
+
+    bool intersects(const QPolygon &r) const;
 };
 Q_DECLARE_SHARED_NOT_MOVABLE_UNTIL_QT6(QPolygon)
 
@@ -175,6 +177,8 @@ public:
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QPolygonF united(const QPolygonF &r) const;
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QPolygonF intersected(const QPolygonF &r) const;
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QPolygonF subtracted(const QPolygonF &r) const;
+
+    bool intersects(const QPolygonF &r) const;
 };
 Q_DECLARE_SHARED_NOT_MOVABLE_UNTIL_QT6(QPolygonF)
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/painting/qpolygon/tst_qpolygon.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/painting/qpolygon/tst_qpolygon.cpp
index 13b6e28f5f..bf3e5dfb52 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/painting/qpolygon/tst_qpolygon.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/painting/qpolygon/tst_qpolygon.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ private slots:
     void boundingRectF();
     void makeEllipse();
     void swap();
+    void intersections_data();
+    void intersections();
 };
 
 tst_QPolygon::tst_QPolygon()
@@ -159,5 +161,45 @@ void tst_QPolygon::swap()
     QCOMPARE(p2.count(),3);
 }
 
+void tst_QPolygon::intersections_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QPolygon>("poly1");
+    QTest::addColumn<QPolygon>("poly2");
+    QTest::addColumn<bool>("result");
+
+    QTest::newRow("empty intersects nothing")
+            << QPolygon()
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(0,0) << QPoint(10,10) << QPoint(-10,10))
+            << false;
+    QTest::newRow("identical triangles")
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(0,0) << QPoint(10,10) << QPoint(-10,10))
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(0,0) << QPoint(10,10) << QPoint(-10,10))
+            << true;
+    QTest::newRow("not intersecting")
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(0,0) << QPoint(10,10) << QPoint(-10,10))
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(0,20) << QPoint(10,12) << QPoint(-10,12))
+            << false;
+    QTest::newRow("clean intersection of squares")
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(0,0) << QPoint(0,10) << QPoint(10,10) << QPoint(10,0))
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(5,5) << QPoint(5,15) << QPoint(15,15) << QPoint(15,5))
+            << true;
+    QTest::newRow("clean contains of squares")
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(0,0) << QPoint(0,10) << QPoint(10,10) << QPoint(10,0))
+            << QPolygon(QVector<QPoint>() << QPoint(5,5) << QPoint(5,8) << QPoint(8,8) << QPoint(8,5))
+            << true;
+}
+
+void tst_QPolygon::intersections()
+{
+    QFETCH(QPolygon, poly1);
+    QFETCH(QPolygon, poly2);
+    QFETCH(bool, result);
+
+    QCOMPARE(poly2.intersects(poly1), poly1.intersects(poly2));
+    QCOMPARE(poly2.intersected(poly1).isEmpty(), poly1.intersected(poly2).isEmpty());
+    QCOMPARE(!poly1.intersected(poly2).isEmpty(), poly1.intersects(poly2));
+    QCOMPARE(poly1.intersects(poly2), result);
+}
+
 QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(tst_QPolygon)
 #include "tst_qpolygon.moc"