2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.cpp b/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.cpp
index 3ea518907b..b44d55cb8f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     ensures that you get integers of the size you want and insulates
     you from compiler and platform differences.
 
+    Enumerations can be serialized through QDataStream without the
+    need of manually defining streaming operators. Enum classes are
+    serialized using the declared size.
+
     To take one example, a \c{char *} string is written as a 32-bit
     integer equal to the length of the string including the '\\0' byte,
     followed by all the characters of the string including the
diff --git a/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.h b/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.h
index 6e358df02e..2acf7d8c4b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.h
+++ b/src/corelib/serialization/qdatastream.h
@@ -378,6 +378,16 @@ inline QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &s, QFlags<Enum> &e)
 { return s >> e.i; }
 
 template <typename T>
+typename std::enable_if<std::is_enum<T>::value, QDataStream &>::type&
+operator<<(QDataStream &s, const T &t)
+{ return s << static_cast<typename std::underlying_type<T>::type>(t); }
+
+template <typename T>
+typename std::enable_if<std::is_enum<T>::value, QDataStream &>::type&
+operator>>(QDataStream &s, T &t)
+{ return s >> reinterpret_cast<typename std::underlying_type<T>::type &>(t); }
+
+template <typename T>
 inline QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &s, QList<T> &l)
 {
     return QtPrivate::readArrayBasedContainer(s, l);