diff --git a/src/tools/uic/cpp/cppwriteinitialization.cpp b/src/tools/uic/cpp/cppwriteinitialization.cpp
index 9c2d7cbc2c6..e0d4bea5b96 100644
--- a/src/tools/uic/cpp/cppwriteinitialization.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/uic/cpp/cppwriteinitialization.cpp
@@ -1267,7 +1267,10 @@ void WriteInitialization::writeProperties(const QString &varName,
         } else {
             setFunction = QLatin1String("->setProperty(\"");
             setFunction += propertyName;
-            setFunction += QLatin1String("\", QVariant(");
+            setFunction += QLatin1String("\", QVariant");
+            if (p->kind() == DomProperty::Enum)
+                setFunction += QLatin1String("::fromValue");
+            setFunction += QLatin1Char('(');
         }
 
         QString varNewName = varName;
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/enumnostdset.ui b/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/enumnostdset.ui
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59e27b1be3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/enumnostdset.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>Form</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="Form">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>400</width>
+    <height>300</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Form</string>
+  </property>
+  <widget class="WorldTimeClock" name="worldTimeClock">
+   <property name="geometry">
+    <rect>
+     <x>100</x>
+     <y>100</y>
+     <width>100</width>
+     <height>100</height>
+    </rect>
+   </property>
+   <property name="penStyle" stdset="0">
+    <enum>Qt::DashDotLine</enum>
+   </property>
+  </widget>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>WorldTimeClock</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>worldtimeclock.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/enumnostdset.ui.h b/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/enumnostdset.ui.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89a8411b4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/uic/baseline/enumnostdset.ui.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+** Form generated from reading UI file 'enumnostdset.ui'
+**
+** Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 5.6.1
+**
+** WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost when recompiling UI file!
+********************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef ENUMNOSTDSET_H
+#define ENUMNOSTDSET_H
+
+#include <QtCore/QVariant>
+#include <QtWidgets/QAction>
+#include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
+#include <QtWidgets/QButtonGroup>
+#include <QtWidgets/QHeaderView>
+#include <QtWidgets/QWidget>
+#include "worldtimeclock.h"
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+class Ui_Form
+{
+public:
+    WorldTimeClock *worldTimeClock;
+
+    void setupUi(QWidget *Form)
+    {
+        if (Form->objectName().isEmpty())
+            Form->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("Form"));
+        Form->resize(400, 300);
+        worldTimeClock = new WorldTimeClock(Form);
+        worldTimeClock->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("worldTimeClock"));
+        worldTimeClock->setGeometry(QRect(100, 100, 100, 100));
+        worldTimeClock->setProperty("penStyle", QVariant::fromValue(Qt::DashDotLine));
+
+        retranslateUi(Form);
+
+        QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName(Form);
+    } // setupUi
+
+    void retranslateUi(QWidget *Form)
+    {
+        Form->setWindowTitle(QApplication::translate("Form", "Form", 0));
+    } // retranslateUi
+
+};
+
+namespace Ui {
+    class Form: public Ui_Form {};
+} // namespace Ui
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // ENUMNOSTDSET_H