4 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp
index d784315ca7..6f6ddfec44 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qcommonstyle.cpp
@@ -4807,6 +4807,9 @@ int QCommonStyle::pixelMetric(PixelMetric m, const QStyleOption *opt, const QWid
     case PM_LineEditIconSize:
         ret = proxy()->pixelMetric(PM_SmallIconSize, opt, widget);
         break;
+    case PM_LineEditIconMargin:
+        ret = proxy()->pixelMetric(PM_LineEditIconSize, opt, widget) / 4;
+        break;
 
     case PM_LargeIconSize:
         ret = int(QStyleHelper::dpiScaled(32, opt));
diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
index 368eda3396..f26f1a16c8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.cpp
@@ -1519,6 +1519,9 @@ void QStyle::drawItemPixmap(QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect, int alignment,
     \value PM_LineEditIconSize The default size for icons in a line edit.
            This enum value has been introduced in Qt 6.2.
 
+    \value PM_LineEditIconMargin The margin around icons in a line edit.
+           This enum value has been introduced in Qt 6.3.
+
     \value PM_CustomBase Base value for custom pixel metrics.  Custom
     values must be greater than this value.
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.h b/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.h
index fc94ed2bf5..6d094cc4f2 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.h
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qstyle.h
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ public:
         PM_TitleBarButtonSize,
 
         PM_LineEditIconSize,
-
+        PM_LineEditIconMargin,
         // do not add any values below/greater than this
         PM_CustomBase = 0xf0000000
     };
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp
index 9298e08501..23174850db 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit_p.cpp
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ QLineEditPrivate::SideWidgetParameters QLineEditPrivate::sideWidgetParameters()
     Q_Q(const QLineEdit);
     SideWidgetParameters result;
     result.iconSize = q->style()->pixelMetric(QStyle::PM_LineEditIconSize, nullptr, q);
-    result.margin = result.iconSize / 4;
+    result.margin = q->style()->pixelMetric(QStyle::PM_LineEditIconMargin, nullptr, q);
     result.widgetWidth = result.iconSize + 6;
     result.widgetHeight = result.iconSize + 2;
     return result;