diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
index 3ae6404ed4..4ca66a2634 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
@@ -290,6 +290,26 @@ bool qt_ends_with_impl(Haystack haystack, Needle needle, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
 
     return QtPrivate::compareStrings(haystack.right(needleLen), needle, cs) == 0;
 }
+
+template <typename T, typename F>
+static void append_helper(QString &self, T view, F appendToUtf16)
+{
+    const auto strData = view.data();
+    const qsizetype strSize = view.size();
+    auto &d = self.data_ptr();
+    if (strData && strSize > 0) {
+        // the number of UTF-8 code units is always at a minimum equal to the number
+        // of equivalent UTF-16 code units
+        d.detachAndGrow(QArrayData::GrowsAtEnd, strSize, nullptr, nullptr);
+        Q_CHECK_PTR(d.data());
+        Q_ASSERT(strSize <= d.freeSpaceAtEnd());
+        const auto newEnd = appendToUtf16(self.data() + self.size(), view);
+        self.resize(newEnd - std::as_const(self).data());
+    } else if (d.isNull() && !view.isNull()) { // special case
+        self = QLatin1StringView("");
+    }
+}
+
 } // unnamed namespace
 
 /*
@@ -3125,23 +3145,35 @@ QString &QString::append(const QChar *str, qsizetype len)
 /*!
   \overload append()
 
-  Appends the Latin-1 string \a str to this string.
+  Appends the Latin-1 string view \a str to this string.
 */
 QString &QString::append(QLatin1StringView str)
 {
-    const char *s = str.latin1();
-    const qsizetype len = str.size();
-    if (s && len > 0) {
-        d.detachAndGrow(Data::GrowsAtEnd, len, nullptr, nullptr);
-        Q_CHECK_PTR(d.data());
-        Q_ASSERT(len <= d->freeSpaceAtEnd());
-        char16_t *i = d.data() + d.size;
+    auto appendUtf16 = [](QChar *dst, QLatin1StringView str) {
+        const qsizetype len = str.size();
+        const char *s = str.latin1();
+        char16_t *i = reinterpret_cast<char16_t *>(dst);
         qt_from_latin1(i, s, size_t(len));
-        d.size += len;
-        d.data()[d.size] = '\0';
-    } else if (d.isNull() && !str.isNull()) { // special case
-        d = DataPointer::fromRawData(&_empty, 0);
-    }
+        return dst + len;
+    };
+
+    append_helper(*this, str, appendUtf16);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+/*!
+  \overload append()
+  \since 6.5
+
+  Appends the UTF-8 string view \a str to this string.
+*/
+QString &QString::append(QUtf8StringView str)
+{
+    auto appendUtf16 = [](QChar *dst, QUtf8StringView str) {
+        return QUtf8::convertToUnicode(dst, str);
+    };
+
+    append_helper(*this, str, appendUtf16);
     return *this;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
index 32847e30f6..74dcf3986a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ public:
     QString &append(const QString &s);
     inline QString &append(QStringView v) { return append(v.data(), v.size()); }
     QString &append(QLatin1StringView s);
+    QString &append(QUtf8StringView s);
 
     inline QString &prepend(QChar c) { return insert(0, c); }
     inline QString &prepend(const QChar *uc, qsizetype len) { return insert(0, uc, len); }
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
index 86c012882e..35596976f9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
@@ -150,6 +150,22 @@ public:
     { (s.*mf)(a1, l1); }
 };
 
+template <bool b>
+class Arg<QBasicUtf8StringView<b>>
+{
+    QUtf8StringView u8;
+public:
+    explicit Arg(const char *str) : u8(str) {}
+
+    template <typename MemFunc>
+    void apply0(QString &s, MemFunc mf) const
+    { (s.*mf)(u8); }
+
+    template <typename MemFunc, typename A1>
+    void apply1(QString &s, MemFunc mf, A1 a1) const
+    { (s.*mf)(a1, u8); }
+};
+
 template <>
 class Arg<char>
 {
@@ -402,6 +418,8 @@ private slots:
     void append_qstringview_data()   { append_data(EmptyIsNoop); }
     void append_qlatin1string()      { append_impl<QLatin1String, QString &(QString::*)(QLatin1String)>(); }
     void append_qlatin1string_data() { append_data(Latin1Encoded); }
+    void append_qutf8stringview()    { append_impl<QUtf8StringView,  QString &(QString::*)(QUtf8StringView)>(); }
+    void append_qutf8stringview_data() { append_data(); }
     void append_qcharstar_int()      { append_impl<QPair<const QChar *, int>, QString&(QString::*)(const QChar *, qsizetype)>(); }
     void append_qcharstar_int_data() { append_data(EmptyIsNoop); }
     void append_qchar()              { append_impl<QChar, QString &(QString::*)(QChar)>(); }