diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonvalue.h b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonvalue.h
index fe7d0baf2f..7259bd1b7b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonvalue.h
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsonvalue.h
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ private:
 
 Q_DECLARE_SHARED(QJsonValue)
 
+inline bool operator==(const QJsonValueRef &lhs, const QJsonValueRef &rhs)
+{ return QJsonValue(lhs) == QJsonValue(rhs); }
+inline bool operator!=(const QJsonValueRef &lhs, const QJsonValueRef &rhs)
+{ return !(lhs == rhs); }
+
 Q_CORE_EXPORT size_t qHash(const QJsonValue &value, size_t seed = 0);
 
 #if !defined(QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM) && !defined(QT_JSON_READONLY)
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/json/tst_qtjson.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/json/tst_qtjson.cpp
index 72dfc4a47d..7cb7bac83d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/json/tst_qtjson.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/json/tst_qtjson.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void testObjectNestedEmpty();
 
     void testValueRef();
+    void testValueRefComparison();
     void testObjectIteration();
     void testArrayIteration();
 
@@ -954,6 +955,57 @@ void tst_QtJson::testValueRef()
     QCOMPARE(object.value(QLatin1String("key")), QJsonValue(42));
 }
 
+void tst_QtJson::testValueRefComparison()
+{
+    QJsonValue a0 = 42.;
+    QJsonValue a1 = QStringLiteral("142");
+
+#define CHECK_IMPL(lhs, rhs, ineq) \
+    QCOMPARE(lhs, rhs); \
+    QVERIFY(!(lhs != rhs)); \
+    QVERIFY(lhs != ineq); \
+    QVERIFY(!(lhs == ineq)); \
+    QVERIFY(ineq != rhs); \
+    QVERIFY(!(ineq == rhs)); \
+    /* end */
+
+#define CHECK(lhs, rhs, ineq) \
+    do { \
+        CHECK_IMPL(lhs, rhs, ineq) \
+        CHECK_IMPL(std::as_const(lhs), rhs, ineq) \
+        CHECK_IMPL(lhs, std::as_const(rhs), ineq) \
+        CHECK_IMPL(std::as_const(lhs), std::as_const(rhs), ineq) \
+    } while (0)
+
+    // check that the (in)equality operators aren't ambiguous in C++20:
+    QJsonArray a = {a0, a1};
+
+    static_assert(std::is_same_v<decltype(a[0]), QJsonValueRef>);
+
+    auto r0 = a.begin()[0];
+    auto r1 = a.begin()[1];
+    auto c0 = std::as_const(a).begin()[0];
+    // ref <> ref
+    CHECK(r0, r0, r1);
+    // cref <> ref
+    CHECK(c0, r0, r1);
+    // ref <> cref
+    CHECK(r0, c0, r1);
+    // ref <> val
+    CHECK(r0, a0, r1);
+    // cref <> val
+    CHECK(c0, a0, r1);
+    // val <> ref
+    CHECK(a0, r0, a1);
+    // val <> cref
+    CHECK(a0, c0, a1);
+    // val <> val
+    CHECK(a0, a0, a1);
+
+#undef CHECK
+#undef CHECK_IMPL
+}
+
 void tst_QtJson::testObjectIteration()
 {
     QJsonObject object;