diff --git a/src/tools/uic/ui4.cpp b/src/tools/uic/ui4.cpp
index d65fc4a8c3a..b6a8f4eb4bf 100644
--- a/src/tools/uic/ui4.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/uic/ui4.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ void DomUI::read(QXmlStreamReader &reader)
                 setElementAuthor(reader.readElementText());
                 continue;
             }
-            if (!tag.compare(u"comment"_s, Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+            if (!tag.compare(u"comment"_s, Qt::CaseInsensitive)
+                    || !tag.compare(u"legal"_s, Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
                 setElementComment(reader.readElementText());
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/Widget.ui b/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/Widget.ui
index ab94733dcc1..285d95eb883 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/Widget.ui
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/Widget.ui
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <ui version="4.0" >
+ <legal>Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only</legal>
  <class>Form</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="Form" >
   <property name="geometry" >
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/Widget.ui.h b/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/Widget.ui.h
index 4d4846e6c5e..a7fa74c4470 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/Widget.ui.h
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/Widget.ui.h
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only
+*/
+
 /********************************************************************************
 ** Form generated from reading UI file 'Widget.ui'
 **