diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
index 201ecd2b69d..8909ac80d9b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ QVariant QLineEdit::inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery property, QVariant arg
     Q_D(const QLineEdit);
     switch(property) {
     case Qt::ImEnabled:
-        return isEnabled();
+        return isEnabled() && !isReadOnly();
     case Qt::ImCursorRectangle:
         return d->cursorRect();
     case Qt::ImAnchorRectangle:
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
index dcba223cb03..305d5a0e056 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qplaintextedit.cpp
@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ QVariant QPlainTextEdit::inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery query, QVariant a
     Q_D(const QPlainTextEdit);
     switch (query) {
     case Qt::ImEnabled:
-        return isEnabled();
+        return isEnabled() && !isReadOnly();
     case Qt::ImHints:
     case Qt::ImInputItemClipRectangle:
         return QWidget::inputMethodQuery(query);
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
index 1a3d0f9e983..c749bed593c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qtextedit.cpp
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ QVariant QTextEdit::inputMethodQuery(Qt::InputMethodQuery query, QVariant argume
     Q_D(const QTextEdit);
     switch (query) {
     case Qt::ImEnabled:
-        return isEnabled();
+        return isEnabled() && !isReadOnly();
     case Qt::ImHints:
     case Qt::ImInputItemClipRectangle:
         return QWidget::inputMethodQuery(query);
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
index f7a98e1ef6d..761d341279b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
@@ -11664,11 +11664,12 @@ void tst_QWidget::imEnabledNotImplemented()
     QVERIFY(imEnabled.isValid());
     QVERIFY(imEnabled.toBool());
 
-    // ...even if it's read-only
+    // ImEnabled should be false when a lineedit is read-only since
+    // ImEnabled indicates the widget accepts input method _input_.
     edit.setReadOnly(true);
     imEnabled = QApplication::inputMethod()->queryFocusObject(Qt::ImEnabled, QVariant());
     QVERIFY(imEnabled.isValid());
-    QVERIFY(imEnabled.toBool());
+    QVERIFY(!imEnabled.toBool());
 }
 
 #ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL