diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qlist.h b/src/corelib/tools/qlist.h
index 45ecac01574..30c78c2c4dc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qlist.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qlist.h
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ public:
     using rvalue_ref = T &&;
 #endif
 
+    DataPointer &data_ptr() { return d; }
+    const DataPointer &data_ptr() const { return d; }
+
     class const_iterator;
     class iterator {
         friend class QList<T>;
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qlist.qdoc b/src/corelib/tools/qlist.qdoc
index 9b540e110c1..ce7dabe39b2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qlist.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qlist.qdoc
@@ -1638,3 +1638,11 @@
     This function only allocates memory if the number of elements in \a l
     exceeds the capacity of this list or this list is shared.
 */
+
+/*!
+    \fn template <typename T> QList<T>::DataPointer &QList<T>::data_ptr();
+    \fn template <typename T> const QList<T>::DataPointer &QList<T>::data_ptr() const;
+
+    \internal
+    \since 6.10
+*/