diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
index 496d6eca7fc..72df37ccee0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
@@ -2011,6 +2011,31 @@ void QByteArray::expand(qsizetype i)
     resize(qMax(i + 1, size()));
 }
 
+/*!
+    \fn QByteArray &QByteArray::nullTerminate() const
+    \since 6.9
+
+    If this byte array's data isn't null-terminated, this method will make
+    a deep-copy of the data and make it null-terminated.
+
+    A QByteArray is null-terminated by default, however in some cases
+    (e.g. when using fromRawData()), the data doesn't necessarily end with
+    a \c {\0} character, which could be a problem when calling methods that
+    expect a null-terminated string (for example, C API).
+
+    \sa nullTerminated(), fromRawData(), setRawData()
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn QByteArray QByteArray::nullTerminated() const
+    \since 6.9
+
+    Returns a copy of this byte array that is always null-terminated.
+    See nullTerminate().
+
+    \sa nullTerminate(), fromRawData(), setRawData()
+*/
+
 /*!
     \fn QByteArray &QByteArray::prepend(QByteArrayView ba)
 
@@ -4419,7 +4444,7 @@ QByteArray QByteArray::number(double n, char format, int precision)
     byte array to a function accepting a \c{const char *} expected to be
     '\\0'-terminated will fail.
 
-    \sa setRawData(), data(), constData()
+    \sa setRawData(), data(), constData(), nullTerminate(), nullTerminated()
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -4434,7 +4459,7 @@ QByteArray QByteArray::number(double n, char format, int precision)
     This function can be used instead of fromRawData() to re-use
     existing QByteArray objects to save memory re-allocations.
 
-    \sa fromRawData(), data(), constData()
+    \sa fromRawData(), data(), constData(), nullTermiante(), nullTerminated()
 */
 QByteArray &QByteArray::setRawData(const char *data, qsizetype size)
 {
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
index f6d626e9a49..1e1a8c9c5e4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
@@ -511,6 +511,30 @@ public:
 #endif
     explicit inline QByteArray(DataPointer &&dd) : d(std::move(dd)) {}
 
+    [[nodiscard]] QByteArray nullTerminated() const &
+    {
+        // Ensure \0-termination for fromRawData() byte arrays
+        if (!d.isMutable())
+            return QByteArray{constData(), size()};
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] QByteArray nullTerminated() &&
+    {
+        // Ensure \0-termination for fromRawData() byte arrays
+        if (!d.isMutable())
+            return QByteArray{constData(), size()};
+        return std::move(*this);
+    }
+
+    QByteArray &nullTerminate()
+    {
+        // Ensure \0-termination for fromRawData() byte arrays
+        if (!d.isMutable())
+            *this = QByteArray{constData(), size()};
+        return *this;
+    }
+
 private:
     friend bool comparesEqual(const QByteArray &lhs, const QByteArrayView &rhs) noexcept
     { return QByteArrayView(lhs) == rhs; }
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
index 1d1485d20f6..e225852b0f3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
@@ -7063,6 +7063,31 @@ const ushort *QString::utf16() const
     return reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(d.data());
 }
 
+/*!
+    \fn QString nullTerminate() const
+    \since 6.9
+
+    If this string data isn't null-terminated, this method will make a deep
+    copy of the data and make it null-terminated().
+
+    A QString is null-terminated by default, however in some cases (e.g.
+    when using fromRawData()), the string data doesn't necessarily end
+    with a \c {\0} character, which could be a problem when calling methods
+    that expect a null-terminated string.
+
+    \sa nullTerminated(), fromRawData(), setRawData()
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn QString nullTerminated() const
+    \since 6.9
+
+    Returns a copy of this string that is always null-terminated.
+    See nullTerminate().
+
+    \sa nullTerminated(), fromRawData(), setRawData()
+*/
+
 /*!
     Returns a string of size \a width that contains this string
     padded by the \a fill character.
@@ -9375,7 +9400,8 @@ QString::iterator QString::erase(QString::const_iterator first, QString::const_i
     '\\0'-terminated string (although utf16() does, at the cost of
     copying the raw data).
 
-    \sa fromUtf16(), setRawData()
+    \sa fromUtf16(), setRawData(), data(), constData(),
+    nullTerminate(), nullTerminated()
 */
 QString QString::fromRawData(const QChar *unicode, qsizetype size)
 {
@@ -9394,7 +9420,7 @@ QString QString::fromRawData(const QChar *unicode, qsizetype size)
     This function can be used instead of fromRawData() to re-use
     existings QString objects to save memory re-allocations.
 
-    \sa fromRawData()
+    \sa fromRawData(), nullTerminate(), nullTerminated()
 */
 QString &QString::setRawData(const QChar *unicode, qsizetype size)
 {
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
index 0cf01ff2c3a..b36ac709a2c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
@@ -699,6 +699,29 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] QString repeated(qsizetype times) const;
 
     const ushort *utf16() const; // ### Qt 7 char16_t
+    [[nodiscard]] QString nullTerminated() const &
+    {
+        // ensure '\0'-termination for ::fromRawData strings
+        if (!d->isMutable())
+            return QString{constData(), size()};
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] QString nullTerminated() &&
+    {
+        // ensure '\0'-termination for ::fromRawData strings
+        if (!d->isMutable())
+            return QString{constData(), size()};
+        return std::move(*this);
+    }
+
+    QString &nullTerminate()
+    {
+        // ensure '\0'-termination for ::fromRawData strings
+        if (!d->isMutable())
+            *this = QString{constData(), size()};
+        return *this;
+    }
 
 #if !defined(Q_QDOC)
     [[nodiscard]] QByteArray toLatin1() const &
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qbytearray/tst_qbytearray.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qbytearray/tst_qbytearray.cpp
index 6ad3165a5e8..df7e14ef3c7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qbytearray/tst_qbytearray.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qbytearray/tst_qbytearray.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ private slots:
     void appendFromRawData();
     void appendExtended_data();
     void appendExtended();
+    void nullTerminated();
     void appendEmptyNull();
     void assign();
     void assignShared();
@@ -983,6 +984,42 @@ void tst_QByteArray::appendExtended()
     QCOMPARE(array.size(), 11);
 }
 
+void tst_QByteArray::nullTerminated()
+{
+    const char ptr[] = {'A', 'B', 'C'};
+
+    QTest::ThrowOnFailEnabler throwOnFail;
+
+    auto check = [&ptr](const QByteArray &ba) {
+        QCOMPARE_NE(reinterpret_cast<const void *>(ba.constData()), ptr);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.constData()[0], ptr[0]);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.constData()[1], ptr[1]);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.constData()[2], '\0');
+        QCOMPARE(ba.size(), 2);
+    };
+
+    {
+        auto ba = QByteArray::fromRawData(ptr, 2);
+        QCOMPARE_EQ(reinterpret_cast<const void *>(ba.constData()), ptr);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.constData()[0], ptr[0]);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.constData()[1], ptr[1]);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.size(), 2);
+
+        check(ba.nullTerminated());
+        check(QByteArray::fromRawData(ptr, 2).nullTerminated()); // rvalue
+    }
+
+    {
+        auto ba = QByteArray::fromRawData(ptr, 2);
+        QCOMPARE_EQ(reinterpret_cast<const void *>(ba.constData()), ptr);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.constData()[0], ptr[0]);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.constData()[1], ptr[1]);
+        QCOMPARE(ba.size(), 2);
+
+        check(ba.nullTerminate());
+    }
+}
+
 void tst_QByteArray::appendEmptyNull()
 {
     QByteArray a;
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
index 3acc02c0221..6e657a29cd6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ private slots:
     void check_QDataStream();
     void fromRawData();
     void setRawData();
+    void nullTerminated();
     void setUnicode();
     void endsWith();
     void startsWith();
@@ -5934,6 +5935,42 @@ void tst_QString::setRawData()
     QVERIFY(cstr.data_ptr() != csd);
 }
 
+void tst_QString::nullTerminated()
+{
+    const QChar ptr[] = { u'ሴ', u'ʎ', u'\0' };
+
+    QTest::ThrowOnFailEnabler thrower;
+
+    auto check = [ptr] (const QString &r) {
+        QVERIFY(r.constData() != ptr);
+        QCOMPARE(r.constData()[0], ptr[0]);
+        QCOMPARE(r.constData()[1], ptr[1]);
+        QCOMPARE(r.constData()[2], u'\0');
+        QCOMPARE(r.size(), 2);
+    };
+
+    {
+        QString str = QString::fromRawData(ptr, 2);
+        QCOMPARE(str.constData(), ptr);
+        QCOMPARE(str.constData()[0], ptr[0]);
+        QCOMPARE(str.constData()[1], ptr[1]);
+        QCOMPARE(str.size(), 2);
+
+        check(str.nullTerminated());
+        check(QString::fromRawData(ptr, 2).nullTerminated()); // rvalue
+    }
+
+    {
+        QString str = QString::fromRawData(ptr, 2);
+        QCOMPARE(str.constData(), ptr);
+        QCOMPARE(str.constData()[0], ptr[0]);
+        QCOMPARE(str.constData()[1], ptr[1]);
+        QCOMPARE(str.size(), 2);
+
+        check(str.nullTerminate());
+    }
+}
+
 void tst_QString::setUnicode()
 {
     const QChar ptr[] = { u'ሴ', QChar(0x0000) };