3 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/qml/qml/qqmlengine.cpp b/src/qml/qml/qqmlengine.cpp
index 580aaf4899..f9b261b314 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/qqmlengine.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/qqmlengine.cpp
@@ -1610,7 +1610,13 @@ void QQmlEnginePrivate::dereferenceScarceResources()
 /*!
   Adds \a path as a directory where the engine searches for
   installed modules in a URL-based directory structure.
-  The \a path may be a local filesystem directory or a URL.
+
+  The \a path may be a local filesystem directory, a
+  \l {The Qt Resource System}{Qt Resource} path (\c {:/imports}), a
+  \l {The Qt Resource System}{Qt Resource} url (\c {qrc:/imports}) or a URL.
+
+  The \a path will be converted into canonical form before it
+  is added to the import path list.
 
   The newly added \a path will be first in the importPathList().
 
diff --git a/src/qml/qml/qqmlimport.cpp b/src/qml/qml/qqmlimport.cpp
index 55c07ac35a..20da154673 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/qqmlimport.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/qqmlimport.cpp
@@ -1536,6 +1536,11 @@ void QQmlImportDatabase::addImportPath(const QString& path)
 
     if (url.scheme() == QLatin1String("file")) {
         cPath = QQmlFile::urlToLocalFileOrQrc(url);
+    } else if (path.startsWith(QLatin1Char(':'))) {
+        // qrc directory, e.g. :/foo
+        // need to convert to a qrc url, e.g. qrc:/foo
+        cPath = QStringLiteral("qrc") + path;
+        cPath.replace(Backslash, Slash);
     } else if (url.isRelative() ||
                (url.scheme().length() == 1 && QFile::exists(path)) ) {  // windows path
         QDir dir = QDir(path);
diff --git a/src/qml/qml/qqmltypeloader.cpp b/src/qml/qml/qqmltypeloader.cpp
index 1d7070675b..c66cd283da 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/qqmltypeloader.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/qqmltypeloader.cpp
@@ -1633,6 +1633,11 @@ QString QQmlTypeLoader::absoluteFilePath(const QString &path)
         // qrc resource
         QFileInfo fileInfo(path);
         return fileInfo.isFile() ? fileInfo.absoluteFilePath() : QString();
+    } else if (path.count() > 3 && path.at(3) == QLatin1Char(':') &&
+               path.startsWith(QLatin1String("qrc"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+        // qrc resource url
+        QFileInfo fileInfo(QQmlFile::urlToLocalFileOrQrc(path));
+        return fileInfo.isFile() ? fileInfo.absoluteFilePath() : QString();
     }
     int lastSlash = path.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
     QStringRef dirPath(&path, 0, lastSlash);