diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
index dbc11c57ec5..29e57c659d3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
@@ -1416,7 +1416,6 @@ bool QMetaType::save(QDataStream &stream, int type, const void *data)
     case QMetaType::QJsonValue:
     case QMetaType::QJsonObject:
     case QMetaType::QJsonArray:
-    case QMetaType::QJsonDocument:
     case QMetaType::QCborValue:
     case QMetaType::QCborArray:
     case QMetaType::QCborMap:
@@ -1561,6 +1560,9 @@ bool QMetaType::save(QDataStream &stream, int type, const void *data)
     case QMetaType::QCborSimpleType:
         stream << *static_cast<const quint8 *>(data);
         break;
+    case QMetaType::QJsonDocument:
+        stream << *static_cast<const NS(QJsonDocument)*>(data);
+        break;
 #endif // QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
     case QMetaType::QFont:
     case QMetaType::QPixmap:
@@ -1648,7 +1650,6 @@ bool QMetaType::load(QDataStream &stream, int type, void *data)
     case QMetaType::QJsonValue:
     case QMetaType::QJsonObject:
     case QMetaType::QJsonArray:
-    case QMetaType::QJsonDocument:
     case QMetaType::QCborValue:
     case QMetaType::QCborArray:
     case QMetaType::QCborMap:
@@ -1799,6 +1800,9 @@ bool QMetaType::load(QDataStream &stream, int type, void *data)
     case QMetaType::QCborSimpleType:
         stream >> *static_cast<quint8 *>(data);
         break;
+    case QMetaType::QJsonDocument:
+        stream >> *static_cast<NS(QJsonDocument)*>(data);
+        break;
 #endif // QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
     case QMetaType::QFont:
     case QMetaType::QPixmap:
diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsondocument.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsondocument.cpp
index 5018f7c2676..5647b771fbc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsondocument.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsondocument.cpp
@@ -669,4 +669,20 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const QJsonDocument &o)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
+QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &stream, const QJsonDocument &doc)
+{
+    stream << doc.toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact);
+    return stream;
+}
+
+QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &stream, QJsonDocument &doc)
+{
+    QByteArray buffer;
+    stream >> buffer;
+    doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(buffer);
+    return stream;
+}
+#endif
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsondocument.h b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsondocument.h
index b784890c544..a749439b7d8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qjsondocument.h
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qjsondocument.h
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ Q_DECLARE_SHARED_NOT_MOVABLE_UNTIL_QT6(QJsonDocument)
 Q_CORE_EXPORT QDebug operator<<(QDebug, const QJsonDocument &);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
+Q_CORE_EXPORT QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &, const QJsonDocument &);
+Q_CORE_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &, QJsonDocument &);
+#endif
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif // QJSONDOCUMENT_H
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qmetatype/tst_qmetatype.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qmetatype/tst_qmetatype.cpp
index 2d6961c209e..4a027474a88 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qmetatype/tst_qmetatype.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qmetatype/tst_qmetatype.cpp
@@ -1824,7 +1824,6 @@ DECLARE_NONSTREAMABLE(QPersistentModelIndex)
 DECLARE_NONSTREAMABLE(QJsonValue)
 DECLARE_NONSTREAMABLE(QJsonObject)
 DECLARE_NONSTREAMABLE(QJsonArray)
-DECLARE_NONSTREAMABLE(QJsonDocument)
 DECLARE_NONSTREAMABLE(QCborValue)
 DECLARE_NONSTREAMABLE(QCborArray)
 DECLARE_NONSTREAMABLE(QCborMap)
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/json/tst_qtjson.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/json/tst_qtjson.cpp
index 4651258ef35..713c69149b6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/json/tst_qtjson.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/serialization/json/tst_qtjson.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void implicitValueType();
     void implicitDocumentType();
 
+    void streamSerialization_data();
+    void streamSerialization();
+    void streamVariantSerialization();
+
 private:
     QString testDataDir;
 };
@@ -3011,5 +3015,42 @@ void tst_QtJson::implicitDocumentType()
     QCOMPARE(arrayDocument[-1].toInt(123), 123);
 }
 
+void tst_QtJson::streamSerialization_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QJsonDocument>("document");
+    QTest::newRow("empty") << QJsonDocument();
+    QTest::newRow("object") << QJsonDocument(QJsonObject{{"value", 42}});
+}
+
+void tst_QtJson::streamSerialization()
+{
+    // Check interface only, implementation is tested through to and from
+    // json functions.
+    QByteArray buffer;
+    QFETCH(QJsonDocument, document);
+    QJsonDocument output;
+    QDataStream save(&buffer, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    save << document;
+    QDataStream load(buffer);
+    load >> output;
+    QCOMPARE(output, document);
+}
+
+void tst_QtJson::streamVariantSerialization()
+{
+    // Check interface only, implementation is tested through to and from
+    // json functions.
+    QByteArray buffer;
+    QJsonDocument objectDoc(QJsonArray{665, 666, 667});
+    QVariant output;
+    QVariant variant(objectDoc);
+    QDataStream save(&buffer, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    save << variant;
+    QDataStream load(buffer);
+    load >> output;
+    QCOMPARE(output.userType(), QMetaType::QJsonDocument);
+    QCOMPARE(output.toJsonDocument(), objectDoc);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QtJson)
 #include "tst_qtjson.moc"