diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
index de1409960a3..ae6e6f67ebc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
@@ -3339,6 +3339,34 @@ QString &QString::append(QChar ch)
     \sa fill()
 */
 
+/*!
+    \fn template <typename InputIterator, if_compatible_iterator<InputIterator>> QString &QString::assign(InputIterator first, InputIterator last)
+    \since 6.6
+
+    Replaces the contents of this string with a copy of the elements in the
+    iterator range [\a first, \a last) and returns a reference to this string.
+
+    The size of this string will be equal to the number of elements in the
+    range [\a first, \a last).
+
+    This function will only allocate memory if the number of elements in the
+    range exceeds the capacity of this string or this string is shared.
+
+    \note This function overload only participates in overload resolution if
+    \c InputIterator meets the requirements of a
+    \l {https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/InputIterator} {LegacyInputIterator}
+    and the \c{value_type} of \c InputIterator is one of the following character types:
+    \list
+    \li QChar
+    \li QLatin1Char
+    \li \c char16_t
+    \li (on platforms, such as Windows, where it is a 16-bit type) \c wchar_t
+    \endlist
+
+    \note The behavior is undefined if either argument is an iterator into *this or
+    [\a first, \a last) is not a valid range.
+*/
+
 QString &QString::assign(QAnyStringView s)
 {
     if (s.size() <= capacity() && isDetached()) {
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
index 71b712c3e9f..76833147d42 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <iterator>
+#include <QtCore/q20memory.h>
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
@@ -120,6 +121,33 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT QString
     typedef QTypedArrayData<char16_t> Data;
 
     friend class ::tst_QString;
+
+    template <typename Iterator>
+    static constexpr bool is_contiguous_iterator_v =
+        // Can't use contiguous_iterator_tag here, as STL impls can't agree on feature macro.
+        // To avoid differences in C++20 and C++17 builds, treat only pointers as contiguous
+        // for now:
+        // std::contiguous_iterator<Iterator>;
+        std::is_pointer_v<Iterator>;
+
+    template <typename Char>
+    using is_compatible_char_helper = std::disjunction<
+            QtPrivate::IsCompatibleCharType<Char>,
+            std::is_same<Char, QLatin1Char> // special case
+        >;
+
+    template <typename Iterator>
+    static constexpr bool is_compatible_iterator_v = std::conjunction_v<
+            std::is_convertible<
+                typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::iterator_category,
+                std::input_iterator_tag
+            >,
+            is_compatible_char_helper<typename std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type>
+        >;
+
+    template <typename Iterator>
+    using if_compatible_iterator = std::enable_if_t<is_compatible_iterator_v<Iterator>, bool>;
+
 public:
     typedef QStringPrivate DataPointer;
 
@@ -385,6 +413,26 @@ public:
         Q_ASSERT(n >= 0);
         return fill(c, n);
     }
+    template <typename InputIterator, if_compatible_iterator<InputIterator> = true>
+    QString &assign(InputIterator first, InputIterator last)
+    {
+        using V = typename std::iterator_traits<InputIterator>::value_type;
+        constexpr bool IsL1C = std::is_same_v<std::remove_cv_t<V>, QLatin1Char>;
+
+        if constexpr (is_contiguous_iterator_v<InputIterator>) {
+            const auto p = q20::to_address(first);
+            const auto len = qsizetype(last - first);
+            if constexpr (IsL1C)
+                return assign(QLatin1StringView(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(p), len));
+            else
+                return assign(QAnyStringView(p, len));
+        } else { // non-contiguous iterator, need to feed data piecemeal
+            d.assign(first, last, [](QChar ch) -> char16_t { return ch.unicode(); });
+            d.data()[d.size] = u'\0';
+            return *this;
+        }
+    }
+
     inline QString &operator+=(QChar c) { return append(c); }
 
     inline QString &operator+=(const QString &s) { return append(s); }
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
index a99b354b952..d15be52e413 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/text/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
 #include <qhash.h>
 #include <private/qtools_p.h>
 
+#include <forward_list>
 #include <string>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <limits>
+#include <sstream>
 
 #include "../shared/test_number_shared.h"
 #include "../../../../shared/localechange.h"
@@ -3422,11 +3424,52 @@ void tst_QString::assign()
         QCOMPARE(str.assign(3, u'x'), u"xxx");
         QCOMPARE(str.size(), 3);
     }
+    // QString &assign(InputIterator, InputIterator)
+    {
+        // Forward iterator versions
+        QString str;
+        const QString tstr = QString::fromUtf8(u8"(ノಠ益ಠ)\0ノ彡┻━┻");
+        QCOMPARE(str.assign(tstr.begin(), tstr.end()), u"(ノಠ益ಠ)\0ノ彡┻━┻");
+        QCOMPARE(str.size(), 6);
+
+        const char16_t c16[] = u"٩(⁎❛ᴗ❛⁎)۶ 🤷";
+        str.assign(std::begin(c16), std::end(c16) - 1);
+        QCOMPARE(str, c16);
+
+        std::u16string c16str(c16);
+        str.assign(c16str.begin(), c16str.end());
+        QCOMPARE(str, c16);
+
+        QVarLengthArray<QLatin1Char, 5> l1ch = {'F'_L1, 'G'_L1, 'H'_L1, 'I'_L1, 'J'_L1};
+        str.assign(l1ch.begin(), l1ch.end());
+        QCOMPARE(str, u"FGHIJ");
+        std::forward_list<QChar> qch = {u'G', u'H', u'I', u'J', u'K'};
+        str.assign(qch.begin(), qch.end());
+        QCOMPARE(str, u"GHIJK");
+        const QList<char16_t> qch16 = {u'X', u'H', u'I', u'J', u'K'}; // QList<T>::iterator need not be T*
+        str.assign(qch16.begin(), qch16.end());
+        QCOMPARE(str, u"XHIJK");
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+        QVarLengthArray<wchar_t> wch = {L'A', L'B', L'C', L'D', L'E'};
+        str.assign(wch.begin(), wch.end());
+        QCOMPARE(str, u"ABCDE");
+#endif
+        // Input iterator versions
+        std::stringstream ss("50 51 52 53 54");
+        str.assign(std::istream_iterator<ushort>{ss}, std::istream_iterator<ushort>{});
+        QCOMPARE(str, u"23456");
+    }
     // Test chaining
     {
         QString str;
+        QString tstr = u"TEST DATA"_s;
+        str.assign(tstr.begin(), tstr.end()).assign({"Hello World!"}).assign(5, u'T');
+        QCOMPARE(str, u"TTTTT");
+        QCOMPARE(str.size(), 5);
         QCOMPARE(str.assign(300, u'T').assign({"[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅5̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]"}), u"[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅5̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]");
         QCOMPARE(str.size(), 19);
+        QCOMPARE(str.assign(10, u'c').assign(str.begin(), str.end()), str);
+        QCOMPARE(str.size(), 10);
         QCOMPARE(str.assign("data").assign(QByteArrayView::fromArray(
             {std::byte('T'), std::byte('T'), std::byte('T')})), u"TTT");
         QCOMPARE(str.size(), 3);
@@ -3454,6 +3497,43 @@ void tst_QString::assign_shared()
         QCOMPARE(str, u"DDDD");
         QCOMPARE(strCopy, u"DATA");
     }
+    {
+        QString str = "DATA"_L1;
+        QVERIFY(str.isDetached());
+        auto copyForwardIt = str;
+        QVERIFY(!str.isDetached());
+        QVERIFY(!copyForwardIt.isDetached());
+        QVERIFY(str.isSharedWith(copyForwardIt));
+        QVERIFY(copyForwardIt.isSharedWith(str));
+
+        QString tstr = u"DDDD"_s;
+        str.assign(tstr.begin(), tstr.end());
+        QVERIFY(str.isDetached());
+        QVERIFY(copyForwardIt.isDetached());
+        QVERIFY(!str.isSharedWith(copyForwardIt));
+        QVERIFY(!copyForwardIt.isSharedWith(str));
+        QCOMPARE(str, u"DDDD");
+        QCOMPARE(copyForwardIt, u"DATA");
+    }
+    {
+        QString str = "DATA"_L1;
+        QVERIFY(str.isDetached());
+        auto copyInputIt = str;
+        QVERIFY(!str.isDetached());
+        QVERIFY(!copyInputIt.isDetached());
+        QVERIFY(str.isSharedWith(copyInputIt));
+        QVERIFY(copyInputIt.isSharedWith(str));
+
+        std::stringstream ss("49 50 51 52 53 54 ");
+        str.assign(std::istream_iterator<ushort>{ss}, std::istream_iterator<ushort>{});
+        QVERIFY(str.isDetached());
+        QVERIFY(copyInputIt.isDetached());
+        QVERIFY(!str.isSharedWith(copyInputIt));
+        QVERIFY(!copyInputIt.isSharedWith(str));
+
+        QCOMPARE(str, u"123456");
+        QCOMPARE(copyInputIt, u"DATA");
+    }
 }
 
 void tst_QString::assign_uses_prepend_buffer()
@@ -3482,6 +3562,25 @@ void tst_QString::assign_uses_prepend_buffer()
         QCOMPARE_EQ(capEnd(withFreeSpaceAtBegin), oldCapEnd);
         QCOMPARE(withFreeSpaceAtBegin, test);
     }
+    // QString &assign(InputIterator, InputIterator)
+    {
+        QString withFreeSpaceAtBegin;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100 && withFreeSpaceAtBegin.d.freeSpaceAtBegin() < 2; ++i)
+            withFreeSpaceAtBegin.prepend(u'd');
+        QCOMPARE_GT(withFreeSpaceAtBegin.d.freeSpaceAtBegin(), 1);
+
+        const auto oldCapBegin = capBegin(withFreeSpaceAtBegin);
+        const auto oldCapEnd = capEnd(withFreeSpaceAtBegin);
+
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        for (qsizetype i = 0; i < withFreeSpaceAtBegin.d.freeSpaceAtBegin(); ++i)
+            ss << "d ";
+
+        withFreeSpaceAtBegin.assign(std::istream_iterator<ushort>{ss}, std::istream_iterator<ushort>{});
+        QCOMPARE_EQ(withFreeSpaceAtBegin.d.freeSpaceAtBegin(), 0); // we used the prepend buffer
+        QCOMPARE_EQ(capBegin(withFreeSpaceAtBegin), oldCapBegin);
+        QCOMPARE_EQ(capEnd(withFreeSpaceAtBegin), oldCapEnd);
+    }
 }
 
 void tst_QString::operator_pluseq_special_cases()
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/containerapisymmetry/tst_containerapisymmetry.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/containerapisymmetry/tst_containerapisymmetry.cpp
index 023a03f4a4e..d6839504452 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/containerapisymmetry/tst_containerapisymmetry.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/containerapisymmetry/tst_containerapisymmetry.cpp
@@ -337,9 +337,11 @@ private:
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void assign_std_vector() { assign_impl<std::vector<int>>(); };
+    void assign_std_string() { assign_impl<std::string>(); }
     void assign_QVarLengthArray() { assign_impl<QVarLengthArray<int, 4>>(); };
     void assign_QList() { assign_impl<QList<int>>(); }
     void assign_QByteArray() { assign_impl<QByteArray>(); }
+    void assign_QString() { assign_impl<QString>(); }
 
 private:
     template <typename Container>