diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer_impl.h b/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer_impl.h
index c23193c51ac..ace6c5d0939 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer_impl.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer_impl.h
@@ -617,6 +617,16 @@ public:
 
     QWeakPointer(const QWeakPointer &other) Q_DECL_NOTHROW : d(other.d), value(other.value)
     { if (d) d->weakref.ref(); }
+#ifdef Q_COMPILER_RVALUE_REFS
+    QWeakPointer(QWeakPointer &&other) Q_DECL_NOTHROW
+        : d(other.d), value(other.value)
+    {
+        other.d = Q_NULLPTR;
+        other.value = Q_NULLPTR;
+    }
+    QWeakPointer &operator=(QWeakPointer &&other) Q_DECL_NOTHROW
+    { QWeakPointer moved(std::move(other)); swap(moved); return *this; }
+#endif
     QWeakPointer &operator=(const QWeakPointer &other) Q_DECL_NOTHROW
     {
         QWeakPointer copy(other);
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer/tst_qsharedpointer.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer/tst_qsharedpointer.cpp
index 77418032245..d88a70c1e57 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer/tst_qsharedpointer.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qsharedpointer/tst_qsharedpointer.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ private slots:
     void basics();
     void operators();
     void swap();
+    void moveSemantics();
     void useOfForwardDeclared();
     void memoryManagement();
     void dropLastReferenceOfForwardDeclared();
@@ -411,6 +412,66 @@ void tst_QSharedPointer::swap()
     QVERIFY(w2.isNull());
 }
 
+void tst_QSharedPointer::moveSemantics()
+{
+#ifdef Q_COMPILER_RVALUE_REFS
+    QSharedPointer<int> p1, p2(new int(42)), control = p2;
+    QVERIFY(p1 != control);
+    QVERIFY(p1.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(p2 == control);
+    QVERIFY(!p2.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(*p2 == 42);
+
+    // move assignment
+    p1 = std::move(p2);
+    QVERIFY(p1 == control);
+    QVERIFY(!p1.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(p2 != control);
+    QVERIFY(p2.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(*p1 == 42);
+
+    // move construction
+    QSharedPointer<int> p3 = std::move(p1);
+    QVERIFY(p1 != control);
+    QVERIFY(p1.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(p3 == control);
+    QVERIFY(!p3.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(*p3 == 42);
+
+    QWeakPointer<int> w1, w2 = control;
+
+    QVERIFY(w1.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(!w2.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(w2.lock() == control);
+    QVERIFY(!w1.lock());
+
+    // move assignment
+    w1 = std::move(w2);
+    QVERIFY(w2.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(!w1.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(w1.lock() == control);
+    QVERIFY(!w2.lock());
+
+    // move construction
+    QWeakPointer<int> w3 = std::move(w1);
+    QVERIFY(w1.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(!w3.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(w3.lock() == control);
+    QVERIFY(!w1.lock());
+
+    p1.reset();
+    p2.reset();
+    p3.reset();
+    control.reset();
+
+    QVERIFY(w1.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(w2.isNull());
+    QVERIFY(w3.isNull());
+#else
+    QSKIP("This test requires C++11 rvalue/move semantics support in the compiler.");
+#endif
+}
+
 void tst_QSharedPointer::useOfForwardDeclared()
 {
     // this just a compile test: use the forward-declared class