diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.cpp
index 35302799718..70fbb5bdd78 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ static void qt_qdnsservicerecord_sort(QList<QDnsServiceRecord> &records)
 
     \value NotFoundError        the requested domain name does not exist
     (NXDOMAIN).
+
+    \value TimeoutError         the server was not reached or did not reply
+    in time (since 6.6).
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -1079,6 +1082,7 @@ void QDnsLookupRunnable::run()
     case QDnsLookup::NotFoundError:
     case QDnsLookup::ServerFailureError:
     case QDnsLookup::ServerRefusedError:
+    case QDnsLookup::TimeoutError:
         break;      // no warning for these
 
     case QDnsLookup::ResolverError:
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.h b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.h
index 1bd1b8e5ae4..ae89a0a11f5 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.h
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup.h
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ public:
         InvalidReplyError,
         ServerFailureError,
         ServerRefusedError,
-        NotFoundError
+        NotFoundError,
+        TimeoutError,
     };
     Q_ENUM(Error)
 
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_p.h b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_p.h
index 1dbb10c8be1..03767fd8313 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_p.h
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_p.h
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ public:
         setError(QDnsLookup::ResolverError, qt_error_string(code));
     }
 
+    void makeTimeoutError()
+    {
+        Q_ASSERT(allAreEmpty());
+        setError(QDnsLookup::TimeoutError, QDnsLookup::tr("Request timed out"));
+    }
+
     void makeDnsRcodeError(quint8 rcode)
     {
         Q_ASSERT(allAreEmpty());
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_unix.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_unix.cpp
index 6f082cfa7fc..be8721f8da9 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_unix.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ void QDnsLookupRunnable::query(QDnsLookupReply *reply)
         int responseLength = res_nsend(&state, qbuffer.data(), queryLength, buffer.data(), buffer.size());
         if (responseLength < 0) {
             // network error of some sort
-            reply->makeResolverSystemError();
+            if (errno == ETIMEDOUT)
+                reply->makeTimeoutError();
+            else
+                reply->makeResolverSystemError();
         }
         return responseLength;
     };
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_win.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_win.cpp
index 24169545919..9ca8f25bbf9 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_win.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qdnslookup_win.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ void QDnsLookupRunnable::query(QDnsLookupReply *reply)
     const DNS_STATUS status = DnsQueryEx(&request, &results, nullptr);
     if (status >= DNS_ERROR_RCODE_FORMAT_ERROR && status <= DNS_ERROR_RCODE_LAST)
         return reply->makeDnsRcodeError(status - DNS_ERROR_RCODE_FORMAT_ERROR + 1);
+    else if (status == ERROR_TIMEOUT)
+        return reply->makeTimeoutError();
     else if (status != ERROR_SUCCESS)
         return reply->makeResolverSystemError(status);
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qdnslookup/tst_qdnslookup.cpp b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qdnslookup/tst_qdnslookup.cpp
index 4e2a5397a3c..d923a0973fb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/network/kernel/qdnslookup/tst_qdnslookup.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/network/kernel/qdnslookup/tst_qdnslookup.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ void tst_QDnsLookup::lookup()
     };
 
     if (!dnsServersMustWork && (lookup.error() == QDnsLookup::ServerFailureError
-                                || lookup.error() == QDnsLookup::ServerRefusedError)) {
+                                || lookup.error() == QDnsLookup::ServerRefusedError
+                                || lookup.error() == QDnsLookup::TimeoutError)) {
         // It's not a QDnsLookup problem if the server refuses to answer the query.
         // This happens for queries of type ANY through Dnsmasq, for example.
         qWarning("Server refused or was unable to answer query; %s", extraErrorMsg().constData());