diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.cpp
index 99e1db1cab..50c90ad746 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.cpp
@@ -463,6 +463,18 @@
     \sa operator<<(), prepend(), insert()
 */
 
+/*! \fn void QVector::append(const QVector<T> &value)
+
+    \overload
+
+    \since 5.5
+
+    Appends the items of the \a value vector to this vector.
+
+    \sa operator<<(), operator+=()
+*/
+
+
 /*! \fn void QVector::prepend(const T &value)
 
     Inserts \a value at the beginning of the vector.
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
index 9c8d9d4cf8..c00bd07a72 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qvector.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ public:
     T &operator[](int i);
     const T &operator[](int i) const;
     void append(const T &t);
+    inline void append(const QVector<T> &l) { *this += l; }
     void prepend(const T &t);
     void insert(int i, const T &t);
     void insert(int i, int n, const T &t);
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
index 9a79d48472..c9e8a5f657 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qvector/tst_qvector.cpp
@@ -575,6 +575,18 @@ void tst_QVector::append() const
         QCOMPARE(v.last(), SimpleValue<T>::at(0));
     }
 #endif
+    {
+        QVector<int> v;
+        v << 1 << 2 << 3;
+        QVector<int> x;
+        x << 4 << 5 << 6;
+        v.append(x);
+
+        QVector<int> combined;
+        combined << 1 << 2 << 3 << 4 << 5 << 6;
+
+        QCOMPARE(v, combined);
+    }
 }
 
 void tst_QVector::appendInt() const