diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
index bcbbdc234f0..041fb065546 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
@@ -2991,6 +2991,90 @@ QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &in, QByteArray &ba)
 }
 #endif // QT_NO_DATASTREAM
 
+/*! \fn bool QByteArray::operator==(const QString &str) const
+
+    Returns \c true if this byte array is equal to the UTF-8 encoding of \a str;
+    otherwise returns \c false.
+
+    The comparison is case sensitive.
+
+    You can disable this operator by defining \c
+    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You
+    then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(),
+    or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte
+    array to a QString before doing the comparison.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn bool QByteArray::operator!=(const QString &str) const
+
+    Returns \c true if this byte array is not equal to the UTF-8 encoding of \a
+    str; otherwise returns \c false.
+
+    The comparison is case sensitive.
+
+    You can disable this operator by defining \c
+    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You
+    then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(),
+    or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte
+    array to a QString before doing the comparison.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn bool QByteArray::operator<(const QString &str) const
+
+    Returns \c true if this byte array is lexically less than the UTF-8 encoding
+    of \a str; otherwise returns \c false.
+
+    The comparison is case sensitive.
+
+    You can disable this operator by defining \c
+    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You
+    then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(),
+    or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte
+    array to a QString before doing the comparison.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn bool QByteArray::operator>(const QString &str) const
+
+    Returns \c true if this byte array is lexically greater than the UTF-8
+    encoding of \a str; otherwise returns \c false.
+
+    The comparison is case sensitive.
+
+    You can disable this operator by defining \c
+    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You
+    then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(),
+    or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte
+    array to a QString before doing the comparison.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn bool QByteArray::operator<=(const QString &str) const
+
+    Returns \c true if this byte array is lexically less than or equal to the
+    UTF-8 encoding of \a str; otherwise returns \c false.
+
+    The comparison is case sensitive.
+
+    You can disable this operator by defining \c
+    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You
+    then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(),
+    or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte
+    array to a QString before doing the comparison.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn bool QByteArray::operator>=(const QString &str) const
+
+    Returns \c true if this byte array is greater than or equal to the UTF-8
+    encoding of \a str; otherwise returns \c false.
+
+    The comparison is case sensitive.
+
+    You can disable this operator by defining \c
+    QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You
+    then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(),
+    or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte
+    array to a QString before doing the comparison.
+*/
+
 /*! \fn bool operator==(const QByteArray &a1, const QByteArray &a2)
     \relates QByteArray
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
index 68945ec6c4f..a625b1846f3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
@@ -308,6 +308,15 @@ public:
 
     Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QByteArray repeated(int times) const;
 
+#if !defined(QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII) && !defined(QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII)
+    inline QT_ASCII_CAST_WARN bool operator==(const QString &s2) const;
+    inline QT_ASCII_CAST_WARN bool operator!=(const QString &s2) const;
+    inline QT_ASCII_CAST_WARN bool operator<(const QString &s2) const;
+    inline QT_ASCII_CAST_WARN bool operator>(const QString &s2) const;
+    inline QT_ASCII_CAST_WARN bool operator<=(const QString &s2) const;
+    inline QT_ASCII_CAST_WARN bool operator>=(const QString &s2) const;
+#endif
+
     short toShort(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const;
     ushort toUShort(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const;
     int toInt(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const;
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
index 1e0d7f480a2..7f5e460275e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
@@ -1259,6 +1259,18 @@ inline QT_ASCII_CAST_WARN bool QString::operator<=(const QByteArray &s) const
 inline QT_ASCII_CAST_WARN bool QString::operator>=(const QByteArray &s) const
 { return QString::compare_helper(constData(), size(), s.constData(), s.size()) >= 0; }
 
+inline bool QByteArray::operator==(const QString &s) const
+{ return QString::compare_helper(s.constData(), s.size(), constData(), qstrnlen(constData(), size())) == 0; }
+inline bool QByteArray::operator!=(const QString &s) const
+{ return QString::compare_helper(s.constData(), s.size(), constData(), qstrnlen(constData(), size())) != 0; }
+inline bool QByteArray::operator<(const QString &s) const
+{ return QString::compare_helper(s.constData(), s.size(), constData(), size()) > 0; }
+inline bool QByteArray::operator>(const QString &s) const
+{ return QString::compare_helper(s.constData(), s.size(), constData(), size()) < 0; }
+inline bool QByteArray::operator<=(const QString &s) const
+{ return QString::compare_helper(s.constData(), s.size(), constData(), size()) >= 0; }
+inline bool QByteArray::operator>=(const QString &s) const
+{ return QString::compare_helper(s.constData(), s.size(), constData(), size()) <= 0; }
 #endif // !defined(QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII) && !defined(QT_RESTRICTED_CAST_FROM_ASCII)
 
 #if !defined(QT_USE_FAST_OPERATOR_PLUS) && !defined(QT_USE_QSTRINGBUILDER)
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstringapisymmetry/tst_qstringapisymmetry.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstringapisymmetry/tst_qstringapisymmetry.cpp
index bd20c59dde4..563fe4c64a0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstringapisymmetry/tst_qstringapisymmetry.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstringapisymmetry/tst_qstringapisymmetry.cpp
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void compare_QByteArray_char16_t_data() { compare_data(false); }
     void compare_QByteArray_char16_t() { compare_impl<QByteArray, char16_t>(); }
     void compare_QByteArray_QString_data() { compare_data(); }
+    void compare_QByteArray_QString() { compare_impl<QByteArray, QString>(); }
     void compare_QByteArray_QLatin1String_data() { compare_data(); }
     void compare_QByteArray_QLatin1String() { compare_impl<QByteArray, QLatin1String>(); }
     void compare_QByteArray_QByteArray_data() { compare_data(); }