diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
index 8c3a27e3ca3..b7d347a61e4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
@@ -392,7 +392,12 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT QVariant
     }
 
     template<typename T>
+#ifndef Q_CLANG_QDOC
+    static inline auto fromValue(const T &value) ->
+    std::enable_if_t<std::is_copy_constructible_v<T>, QVariant>
+#else
     static inline QVariant fromValue(const T &value)
+#endif
     {
         return QVariant(QMetaType::fromType<T>(), std::addressof(value));
     }
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
index 6b30419bb83..23ee85ee46d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,21 @@
 
 class CustomNonQObject;
 
+template<typename T, typename  = void>
+struct QVariantFromValueCompiles
+{
+    static inline constexpr bool value = false;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct QVariantFromValueCompiles<T, std::void_t<decltype (QVariant::fromValue(std::declval<T>()))>>
+{
+    static inline constexpr bool value = true;
+};
+
+static_assert(QVariantFromValueCompiles<int>::value);
+static_assert(!QVariantFromValueCompiles<QObject>::value);
+
 class tst_QVariant : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT