diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
index 08512bead57..e3af305760e 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
@@ -1498,16 +1498,20 @@ void QTextEngine::shapeText(int item) const
         for (int i = 0; i < itemLength; ++i, ++glyph_pos) {
             log_clusters[i] = glyph_pos;
             initialGlyphs.attributes[glyph_pos].clusterStart = true;
+
+            bool is_print_char;
             if (QChar::isHighSurrogate(string[i])
                     && i + 1 < itemLength
                     && QChar::isLowSurrogate(string[i + 1])) {
-                initialGlyphs.attributes[glyph_pos].dontPrint = !QChar::isPrint(QChar::surrogateToUcs4(string[i], string[i + 1]));
+                is_print_char = QChar::isPrint(QChar::surrogateToUcs4(string[i], string[i + 1]));
                 ++i;
                 log_clusters[i] = glyph_pos;
 
             } else {
-                initialGlyphs.attributes[glyph_pos].dontPrint = !QChar::isPrint(string[i]);
+                is_print_char = QChar::isPrint(string[i]);
             }
+            initialGlyphs.attributes[glyph_pos].dontPrint =
+                    !is_print_char && !(option.flags() & QTextOption::ShowDefaultIgnorables);
 
             if (Q_UNLIKELY(!initialGlyphs.attributes[glyph_pos].dontPrint)) {
                 QFontEngine *actualFontEngine = fontEngine;
@@ -1638,7 +1642,7 @@ int QTextEngine::shapeTextWithHarfbuzzNG(const QScriptItem &si,
         uint buffer_flags = HB_BUFFER_FLAG_DEFAULT;
         // Symbol encoding used to encode various crap in the 32..255 character code range,
         // and thus might override U+00AD [SHY]; avoid hiding default ignorables
-        if (Q_UNLIKELY(actualFontEngine->symbol))
+        if (Q_UNLIKELY(actualFontEngine->symbol || (option.flags() & QTextOption::ShowDefaultIgnorables)))
             buffer_flags |= HB_BUFFER_FLAG_PRESERVE_DEFAULT_IGNORABLES;
         hb_buffer_set_flags(buffer, hb_buffer_flags_t(buffer_flags));
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextoption.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextoption.cpp
index ea1b556f081..a94fe32490e 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextoption.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextoption.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ QList<QTextOption::Tab> QTextOption::tabs() const
             shown differently to breaking spaces.
   \value ShowLineAndParagraphSeparators Visualize line and paragraph separators with appropriate symbol characters.
   \value [since 5.7] ShowDocumentTerminator Visualize the end of the document with a section sign.
+  \value [since 6.9] ShowDefaultIgnorables Render normally non-visual characters if supported by font.
   \value AddSpaceForLineAndParagraphSeparators While determining the line-break positions take into account the
             space added for drawing a separator character.
   \value SuppressColors Suppress all color changes in the character formats (except the main selection).
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextoption.h b/src/gui/text/qtextoption.h
index f0a385ff50f..88dd6959dc3 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextoption.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextoption.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
         AddSpaceForLineAndParagraphSeparators = 0x4,
         SuppressColors = 0x8,
         ShowDocumentTerminator = 0x10,
+        ShowDefaultIgnorables = 0x20,
         IncludeTrailingSpaces = 0x80000000,
     };
     Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(Flags, Flag)
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontmetrics/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontmetrics/CMakeLists.txt
index ee2f76ef76a..e00593c7089 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontmetrics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontmetrics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ set_source_files_properties("../../../shared/resources/testfont.ttf"
 set_source_files_properties("../../../shared/resources/testfont_linemetrics.otf"
     PROPERTIES QT_RESOURCE_ALIAS "testfont_linemetrics.otf"
 )
+set_source_files_properties("../../../shared/resources/testfont_bidimarks.ttf"
+    PROPERTIES QT_RESOURCE_ALIAS "testfont_bidimarks.ttf"
+)
 set(testfont_resource_files
     "../../../shared/resources/testfont.ttf"
     "../../../shared/resources/testfont_linemetrics.otf"
+    "../../../shared/resources/testfont_bidimarks.ttf"
     "ucs4font.ttf"
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontmetrics/tst_qfontmetrics.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontmetrics/tst_qfontmetrics.cpp
index bad33ab0a47..429eab131a6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontmetrics/tst_qfontmetrics.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontmetrics/tst_qfontmetrics.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ private slots:
     void largeText_data();
     void largeText(); // QTBUG-123339
     void typoLineMetrics();
+    void defaultIgnorableHorizontalAdvance_data();
+    void defaultIgnorableHorizontalAdvance();
 };
 
 void tst_QFontMetrics::same()
@@ -454,5 +456,60 @@ void tst_QFontMetrics::typoLineMetrics()
     }
 }
 
+void tst_QFontMetrics::defaultIgnorableHorizontalAdvance_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<bool>("withShaping");
+
+    QTest::newRow("With Text Shaping") << true;
+    QTest::newRow("Without Text Shaping") << false;
+}
+
+void tst_QFontMetrics::defaultIgnorableHorizontalAdvance()
+{
+    QFETCH(bool, withShaping);
+
+    // testfont_bidimarks.ttf is a version of testfont.ttf with additional
+    // glyphs for U+200E (LRM) and U+200F (RLM)
+    QString testFont = QFINDTESTDATA("fonts/testfont_bidimarks.ttf");
+    QVERIFY(!testFont.isEmpty());
+
+    int id = QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont(testFont);
+    QVERIFY(id >= 0);
+
+    auto cleanup = qScopeGuard([&id] {
+        if (id >= 0)
+            QFontDatabase::removeApplicationFont(id);
+    });
+
+    QFont withoutSupport;
+    QFont withSupport(QFontDatabase::applicationFontFamilies(id).at(0));
+
+    if (!withShaping) {
+        withoutSupport.setStyleStrategy(QFont::PreferNoShaping);
+        withSupport.setStyleStrategy(QFont::PreferNoShaping);
+    }
+
+    QFontMetrics withoutSupportMetrics(withoutSupport);
+    QFontMetrics withSupportMetrics(withSupport);
+
+    QTextOption opt;
+    opt.setFlags(QTextOption::ShowDefaultIgnorables);
+
+    const QChar LRM = (ushort)0x200e;
+    const QString str = QStringLiteral("[") + LRM + QStringLiteral("]");
+
+    int withoutSupportWithoutIgnorablesAdvance = withoutSupportMetrics.horizontalAdvance(str);
+    int withoutSupportWithIgnorablesAdvance = withoutSupportMetrics.horizontalAdvance(str, opt);
+
+    QCOMPARE_GT(withoutSupportWithoutIgnorablesAdvance, 0);
+    QCOMPARE_EQ(withoutSupportWithIgnorablesAdvance, withoutSupportWithoutIgnorablesAdvance);
+
+    int withSupportWithoutIgnorablesAdvance = withSupportMetrics.horizontalAdvance(str);
+    int withSupportWithIgnorablesAdvance = withSupportMetrics.horizontalAdvance(str, opt);
+
+    QCOMPARE_GT(withSupportWithoutIgnorablesAdvance, 0);
+    QCOMPARE_GT(withSupportWithIgnorablesAdvance, withSupportWithoutIgnorablesAdvance);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QFontMetrics)
 #include "tst_qfontmetrics.moc"
diff --git a/tests/auto/shared/resources/testfont_bidimarks.ttf b/tests/auto/shared/resources/testfont_bidimarks.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a698930cfa8
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