diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.h
index 7f958dc28d4..d3b41d2b1c2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.h
@@ -37,12 +37,18 @@ struct QJniArrayIterator
     using pointer = T *;
     using reference = T; // difference to container requirements
     using const_reference = reference;
-    using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;
+    using iterator_category = std::random_access_iterator_tag;
 
     const_reference operator*() const
     {
         return m_array->at(m_index);
     }
+
+    const_reference operator[](difference_type n) const
+    {
+        return m_array->at(m_index + n);
+    }
+
     friend QJniArrayIterator &operator++(QJniArrayIterator &that) noexcept
     {
         ++that.m_index;
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.qdoc b/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.qdoc
index a9ae15fa6ad..e24b4eeb9c4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.qdoc
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qjniarray.qdoc
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
 /*!
     \typedef QJniArray::const_iterator
 
-    A bi-directional, const iterator for QJniArray.
+    A random-access, const iterator for QJniArray.
 */
 
 /*!
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qjniarray/tst_qjniarray.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qjniarray/tst_qjniarray.cpp
index 37b632b6349..8425448e79a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qjniarray/tst_qjniarray.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qjniarray/tst_qjniarray.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ void tst_QJniArray::operators()
         QCOMPARE(*it, 'd');
         it = array.size() - it;
         QCOMPARE(*it, 'c');
+
+        QCOMPARE(it[1], 'd');
+        QCOMPARE(it[-1], 'b');
     }
     {
         auto it = array.rbegin();