diff --git a/src/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp b/src/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
index 7192126f917..ebb4d641ebf 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel.cpp
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ void QStandardItemModelPrivate::init()
     Q_Q(QStandardItemModel);
     QObject::connect(q, SIGNAL(dataChanged(QModelIndex,QModelIndex)),
                      q, SLOT(_q_emitItemChanged(QModelIndex,QModelIndex)));
+    roleNames = QAbstractItemModelPrivate::defaultRoleNames();
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel/tst_qstandarditemmodel.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel/tst_qstandarditemmodel.cpp
index 65c99d34b5e..04a3fe7a628 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel/tst_qstandarditemmodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/itemmodels/qstandarditemmodel/tst_qstandarditemmodel.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
 #include <QTreeView>
+#include <private/qabstractitemmodel_p.h>
 #include <private/qtreeview_p.h>
 
 class tst_QStandardItemModel : public QObject
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ private slots:
 #endif
     void removeRowsAndColumns();
 
+    void defaultItemRoles();
     void itemRoleNames();
     void getMimeDataWithInvalidModelIndex();
     void supportedDragDropActions();
@@ -1598,6 +1600,12 @@ void tst_QStandardItemModel::removeRowsAndColumns()
     VERIFY_MODEL
 }
 
+void tst_QStandardItemModel::defaultItemRoles()
+{
+    QStandardItemModel model;
+    QCOMPARE(model.roleNames(), QAbstractItemModelPrivate::defaultRoleNames());
+}
+
 void tst_QStandardItemModel::itemRoleNames()
 {
     QVector<QString> row_list = QString("1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20").split(',').toVector();