diff --git a/src/corelib/ipc/qtipccommon.cpp b/src/corelib/ipc/qtipccommon.cpp
index be9383f38aa..a2cc75b4b15 100644
--- a/src/corelib/ipc/qtipccommon.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/ipc/qtipccommon.cpp
@@ -482,6 +482,22 @@ void QNativeIpcKey::setNativeKey_internal(const QString &)
 {
 }
 
+/*!
+    \fn size_t QNativeIpcKey::qHash(const QNativeIpcKey &ipcKey) noexcept
+
+    Returns the hash value for \a ipcKey, using a default seed of \c 0.
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \fn size_t QNativeIpcKey::qHash(const QNativeIpcKey &ipcKey, size_t seed) noexcept
+
+    Returns the hash value for \a ipcKey, using \a seed to seed the calculation.
+*/
+size_t qHash(const QNativeIpcKey &ipcKey, size_t seed) noexcept
+{
+    return qHashMulti(seed, ipcKey.key, ipcKey.type());
+}
+
 /*!
     \fn bool QNativeIpcKey::operator==(const QNativeIpcKey &lhs, const QNativeIpcKey &rhs) noexcept
     \fn bool QNativeIpcKey::operator!=(const QNativeIpcKey &lhs, const QNativeIpcKey &rhs) noexcept
diff --git a/src/corelib/ipc/qtipccommon.h b/src/corelib/ipc/qtipccommon.h
index 34d6edf03d6..73b17c1578b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/ipc/qtipccommon.h
+++ b/src/corelib/ipc/qtipccommon.h
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ private:
     constexpr bool isSlowPath() const noexcept
     { return Q_UNLIKELY(typeAndFlags.isExtended); }
 
+    friend Q_CORE_EXPORT size_t qHash(const QNativeIpcKey &ipcKey, size_t seed) noexcept;
+    friend size_t qHash(const QNativeIpcKey &ipcKey) noexcept
+    { return qHash(ipcKey, 0); }
+
     friend bool operator==(const QNativeIpcKey &lhs, const QNativeIpcKey &rhs) noexcept
     {
         if (lhs.key != rhs.key)
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/ipc/qnativeipckey/tst_qnativeipckey.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/ipc/qnativeipckey/tst_qnativeipckey.cpp
index e3fefdde9e7..7b08e642afd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/ipc/qnativeipckey/tst_qnativeipckey.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/ipc/qnativeipckey/tst_qnativeipckey.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ private slots:
     void construct();
     void getSetCheck();
     void equality();
+    void hash();
     void swap();
     void toString_data();
     void toString();
@@ -182,6 +183,14 @@ void tst_QNativeIpcKey::equality()
     QVERIFY(!(key1 != key2));
 }
 
+void tst_QNativeIpcKey::hash()
+{
+    QNativeIpcKey key1("key1", QNativeIpcKey::DefaultTypeForOs);
+    QNativeIpcKey key2(key1);
+    QCOMPARE_EQ(qHash(key1), qHash(key2));
+    QCOMPARE_EQ(qHash(key1, 123), qHash(key2, 123));
+}
+
 void tst_QNativeIpcKey::swap()
 {
     QNativeIpcKey key1("key1", QNativeIpcKey::Type::PosixRealtime);