diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
index 04b93c262a7..907094d25c1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/qbytearraylist.h>
 #endif
 #include <memory>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 #if __has_include(<variant>) && __cplusplus >= 201703L
 #include <variant>
@@ -572,6 +573,12 @@ template<typename T> inline T qvariant_cast(const QVariant &v)
     QMetaType targetType = QMetaType::fromType<T>();
     if (v.d.type() == targetType)
         return v.d.get<T>();
+    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T,std::remove_const_t<std::remove_pointer_t<T>> const *>) {
+        using nonConstT = std::remove_const_t<std::remove_pointer_t<T>> *;
+        QMetaType nonConstTargetType = QMetaType::fromType<nonConstT>();
+        if (v.d.type() == nonConstTargetType)
+            return v.d.get<nonConstT>();
+    }
 
     T t{};
     QMetaType::convert(v.metaType(), v.constData(), targetType, &t);
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
index 251bb803b41..8df3b4055bb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qvariant/tst_qvariant.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ private slots:
     void qvariant_cast_QObject_derived();
     void qvariant_cast_QObject_wrapper();
     void qvariant_cast_QSharedPointerQObject();
+    void qvariant_cast_const();
 
     void toLocale();
 
@@ -2579,6 +2580,17 @@ void tst_QVariant::qvariant_cast_QSharedPointerQObject()
     qRegisterMetaType<QSharedPointer<QObject> >();
 }
 
+void tst_QVariant::qvariant_cast_const()
+{
+    int i = 42;
+    QVariant v = QVariant::fromValue(&i);
+    QVariant vConst = QVariant::fromValue(const_cast<const int*>(&i));
+    QCOMPARE(v.value<int *>(), &i);
+    QCOMPARE(v.value<const int *>(), &i);
+    QCOMPARE(vConst.value<int *>(), nullptr);
+    QCOMPARE(vConst.value<const int *>(), &i);
+}
+
 void tst_QVariant::convertToQUint8() const
 {
     /* qint8. */