diff --git a/src/sql/kernel/qsqldatabase.cpp b/src/sql/kernel/qsqldatabase.cpp
index e44533291a3..0a54529679e 100644
--- a/src/sql/kernel/qsqldatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/sql/kernel/qsqldatabase.cpp
@@ -110,8 +110,11 @@ QSqlDatabasePrivate::QSqlDatabasePrivate(const QSqlDatabasePrivate &other) : ref
     connOptions = other.connOptions;
     driver = other.driver;
     precisionPolicy = other.precisionPolicy;
-    if (driver)
+    if (driver) {
         driver->setNumericalPrecisionPolicy(other.driver->numericalPrecisionPolicy());
+        auto drvPriv = static_cast<QSqlDriverPrivate *>(QObjectPrivate::get(driver));
+        drvPriv->connectionName = connName;
+    }
 }
 
 QSqlDatabasePrivate::~QSqlDatabasePrivate()
@@ -169,6 +172,8 @@ void QSqlDatabasePrivate::addDatabase(const QSqlDatabase &db, const QString &nam
     }
     sqlGlobals->connections.insert(name, db);
     db.d->connName = name;
+    auto drvPriv = static_cast<QSqlDriverPrivate *>(QObjectPrivate::get(db.d->driver));
+    drvPriv->connectionName = name;
 }
 
 /*! \internal
diff --git a/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver.cpp b/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver.cpp
index 6b868f5c403..e67a8d5d38b 100644
--- a/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver.cpp
+++ b/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver.cpp
@@ -801,6 +801,18 @@ int QSqlDriver::maximumIdentifierLength(QSqlDriver::IdentifierType type) const
     return INT_MAX;
 }
 
+/*!
+    \since 6.9
+
+    Returns the database connection name the driver was created by with
+    QSqlDatabase::addDatabase()
+*/
+QString QSqlDriver::connectionName() const
+{
+    Q_D(const QSqlDriver);
+    return d->connectionName;
+}
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #include "moc_qsqldriver.cpp"
diff --git a/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver.h b/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver.h
index 1c355dcea23..7385b3787b8 100644
--- a/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver.h
+++ b/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class QVariant;
 class Q_SQL_EXPORT QSqlDriver : public QObject
 {
     friend class QSqlDatabase;
+    friend class QSqlDatabasePrivate;
     friend class QSqlResultPrivate;
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(QSql::NumericalPrecisionPolicy numericalPrecisionPolicy READ numericalPrecisionPolicy WRITE setNumericalPrecisionPolicy)
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ public:
 
     DbmsType dbmsType() const;
     virtual int maximumIdentifierLength(IdentifierType type) const;
+
+    QString connectionName() const;
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
     virtual bool cancelQuery();
 
diff --git a/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver_p.h b/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver_p.h
index cfa6a2fa472..29b86dfc5b0 100644
--- a/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver_p.h
+++ b/src/sql/kernel/qsqldriver_p.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
         dbmsType(type)
     { }
 
+    QString connectionName;
     QSqlError error;
     QSql::NumericalPrecisionPolicy precisionPolicy = QSql::LowPrecisionDouble;
     QSqlDriver::DbmsType dbmsType;