diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qsurfaceformat.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qsurfaceformat.cpp
index 647ed8eacaf..e62f87b1671 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qsurfaceformat.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qsurfaceformat.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ public:
         the monitoring of the loss of context, such as, Windows with WGL, or Linux/X11 (xcb) with GLX, will
         monitor the status in every call to \l{QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent()}{makeCurrent()}. See
         \l{QOpenGLContext::isValid()}{isValid()} for more information on this.
+    \value ProtectedContent Enables access to protected content. This allows the GPU to operate on protected
+        resources (surfaces, buffers, textures), for example DRM-protected video content.
+        Currently only implemented for EGL.
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -351,6 +354,9 @@ void QSurfaceFormat::setSamples(int numSamples)
 
     Sets the format options to \a options.
 
+    To verify that an option was respected, compare the actual format to the
+    requested format after surface/context creation.
+
     \sa options(), testOption()
 */
 void QSurfaceFormat::setOptions(QSurfaceFormat::FormatOptions options)
@@ -366,6 +372,9 @@ void QSurfaceFormat::setOptions(QSurfaceFormat::FormatOptions options)
 
     Sets the format option \a option if \a on is true; otherwise, clears the option.
 
+    To verify that an option was respected, compare the actual format to the
+    requested format after surface/context creation.
+
     \sa setOptions(), options(), testOption()
 */
 void QSurfaceFormat::setOption(QSurfaceFormat::FormatOption option, bool on)
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qsurfaceformat.h b/src/gui/kernel/qsurfaceformat.h
index b12c2b5f1d7..dfe55a338d6 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qsurfaceformat.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qsurfaceformat.h
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public:
         StereoBuffers            = 0x0001,
         DebugContext             = 0x0002,
         DeprecatedFunctions      = 0x0004,
-        ResetNotification        = 0x0008
+        ResetNotification        = 0x0008,
+        ProtectedContent         = 0x0010
     };
     Q_ENUM(FormatOption)
     Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(FormatOptions, FormatOption)
diff --git a/src/gui/opengl/platform/egl/qeglplatformcontext.cpp b/src/gui/opengl/platform/egl/qeglplatformcontext.cpp
index 47e0b890d88..5727b94aa22 100644
--- a/src/gui/opengl/platform/egl/qeglplatformcontext.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opengl/platform/egl/qeglplatformcontext.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,17 @@ QEGLPlatformContext::QEGLPlatformContext(const QSurfaceFormat &format, QPlatform
         }
     }
 
+#ifdef EGL_EXT_protected_content
+    if (format.testOption(QSurfaceFormat::ProtectedContent)) {
+        if (q_hasEglExtension(m_eglDisplay, "EGL_EXT_protected_content")) {
+            contextAttrs.append(EGL_PROTECTED_CONTENT_EXT);
+            contextAttrs.append(EGL_TRUE);
+        } else {
+            m_format.setOption(QSurfaceFormat::ProtectedContent, false);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     // Special Options for OpenVG surfaces
     if (m_format.renderableType() == QSurfaceFormat::OpenVG) {
         contextAttrs.append(EGL_ALPHA_MASK_SIZE);
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/deviceintegration/eglfs_kms/qeglfskmsgbmwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/deviceintegration/eglfs_kms/qeglfskmsgbmwindow.cpp
index 426fb8f4e9f..3a0222db928 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/deviceintegration/eglfs_kms/qeglfskmsgbmwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/eglfs/deviceintegration/eglfs_kms/qeglfskmsgbmwindow.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,21 @@ void QEglFSKmsGbmWindow::resetSurface()
     }
 
     if (createPlatformWindowSurface) {
-        m_surface = createPlatformWindowSurface(display, m_config, reinterpret_cast<void *>(m_window), nullptr);
+        QVector<EGLint> contextAttributes;
+#ifdef EGL_EXT_protected_content
+        if (platformFormat.testOption(QSurfaceFormat::ProtectedContent)) {
+            if (q_hasEglExtension(display, "EGL_EXT_protected_content")) {
+                contextAttributes.append(EGL_PROTECTED_CONTENT_EXT);
+                contextAttributes.append(EGL_TRUE);
+                qCDebug(qLcEglfsKmsDebug, "Enabled EGL_PROTECTED_CONTENT_EXT for eglCreatePlatformWindowSurfaceEXT");
+            } else {
+                m_format.setOption(QSurfaceFormat::ProtectedContent, false);
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+        contextAttributes.append(EGL_NONE);
+
+        m_surface = createPlatformWindowSurface(display, m_config, reinterpret_cast<void *>(m_window), contextAttributes.constData());
     } else {
         qCDebug(qLcEglfsKmsDebug, "No eglCreatePlatformWindowSurface for GBM, falling back to eglCreateWindowSurface");
         m_surface = eglCreateWindowSurface(display, m_config, m_window, nullptr);