diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineoption.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineoption.cpp
index 6b990cecf17..5d8f089d5b9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineoption.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineoption.cpp
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ void QCommandLineOption::setFlags(Flags flags)
     interpreted as short flags even when the parser is in
     QCommandLineParser::ParseAsLongOptions mode.
 
+    \value IgnoreOptionsAfter [since 6.9] No options beyond this one will be parsed. Useful
+    for cases where you need to send extra command line arguments to a secondary
+    application. If a value is provided for this option, it will be ignored.
+
     \sa QCommandLineOption::setFlags(), QCommandLineOption::flags()
 */
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineoption.h b/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineoption.h
index 63c90a4005a..f2e89509fd8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineoption.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineoption.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT QCommandLineOption
 public:
     enum Flag {
         HiddenFromHelp = 0x1,
-        ShortOptionStyle = 0x2
+        ShortOptionStyle = 0x2,
+        IgnoreOptionsAfter = 0x4,
     };
     Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(Flags, Flag)
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineparser.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineparser.cpp
index ffe1193fc34..5aa1cc9d697 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineparser.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qcommandlineparser.cpp
@@ -653,7 +653,12 @@ bool QCommandLineParserPrivate::parseOptionValue(const QString &optionName, cons
     if (nameHashIt != nameHash.constEnd()) {
         const qsizetype assignPos = argument.indexOf(assignChar);
         const NameHash_t::mapped_type optionOffset = *nameHashIt;
-        const bool withValue = !commandLineOptionList.at(optionOffset).valueName().isEmpty();
+        const QCommandLineOption &option = commandLineOptionList.at(optionOffset);
+        if (option.flags() & QCommandLineOption::IgnoreOptionsAfter) {
+            *argumentIterator = argsEnd;
+            return true;
+        }
+        const bool withValue = !option.valueName().isEmpty();
         if (withValue) {
             if (assignPos == -1) {
                 ++(*argumentIterator);
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qcommandlineparser/tst_qcommandlineparser.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qcommandlineparser/tst_qcommandlineparser.cpp
index 812cf2d1b3d..374c397f9b1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qcommandlineparser/tst_qcommandlineparser.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qcommandlineparser/tst_qcommandlineparser.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ private slots:
     void testHelpAll_data();
     void testHelpAll();
     void testVeryLongOptionNames();
+    void testIgnoringOptions();
 };
 
 static char *empty_argv[] = { 0 };
@@ -784,6 +785,21 @@ void tst_QCommandLineParser::testVeryLongOptionNames()
 #endif // QT_CONFIG(process)
 }
 
+void tst_QCommandLineParser::testIgnoringOptions()
+{
+    QCommandLineParser parser;
+    QCommandLineOption ignoreAfterOption(QStringLiteral("ignoreAfterOption"));
+    ignoreAfterOption.setFlags(QCommandLineOption::IgnoreOptionsAfter);
+    ignoreAfterOption.setValueName(QStringLiteral("ignoreAfterValue"));
+    parser.addOption(ignoreAfterOption);
+    QCommandLineOption normalOption(QStringLiteral("normalOption"));
+    parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringLiteral("normalOption")));
+    QVERIFY(parser.parse({"executableName", "--normalOption", "--ignoreAfterOption=value", "--badOption", "notAnOption"}));
+    QVERIFY(parser.isSet(normalOption));
+    QVERIFY(parser.isSet(ignoreAfterOption)); // The ignore option is not ignored itself
+    QVERIFY(parser.value(ignoreAfterOption).isEmpty()); // Values passed to the ignore option should be ignored
+    QVERIFY(!parser.isSet("badOption"));
+}
+
 QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(tst_QCommandLineParser)
 #include "tst_qcommandlineparser.moc"
-