diff --git a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/qsqlquery.pro b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/qsqlquery.pro
index 9f862de9a4f653668b8ac8d231c721900d9ee354..c1e2a7ebb16a7131e0e13d0ed0a3b54ab79e9012 100644
--- a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/qsqlquery.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/qsqlquery.pro
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-load(qttest_p4)
-SOURCES  += tst_qsqlquery.cpp
+TARGET = tst_qsqlquery
+CONFIG += testcase
 
-QT = core sql
+SOURCES  += tst_qsqlquery.cpp
 
+QT = core sql testlib
 
 !wince*:win32:LIBS += -lws2_32
 
-
 wince*: {
    plugFiles.files = ../../../plugins/sqldrivers
    plugFiles.path    = .
diff --git a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/tst_qsqlquery.cpp b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/tst_qsqlquery.cpp
index c2c66a564286e5a7c680332ec0e33fcba5df42a1..a88a26d24db5ce0ec34587cb99178ed7e75322c9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/tst_qsqlquery.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/tst_qsqlquery.cpp
@@ -217,11 +217,6 @@ private slots:
     void sqlite_constraint_data() { generic_data("QSQLITE"); }
     void sqlite_constraint();
 
-#if 0
-    void benchmark_data() { generic_data(); }
-    void benchmark();
-#endif
-
 private:
     // returns all database connections
     void generic_data(const QString &engine=QString());
@@ -3215,35 +3210,5 @@ void tst_QSqlQuery::sqlite_constraint()
     QCOMPARE(q.lastError().databaseText(), QLatin1String("Raised Abort successfully"));
 }
 
-#if 0
-void tst_QSqlQuery::benchmark()
-{
-    QFETCH( QString, dbName );
-    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::database( dbName );
-    CHECK_DATABASE( db );
-    if ( tst_Databases::getMySqlVersion( db ).section( QChar('.'), 0, 0 ).toInt()<5 )
-        QSKIP( "Test requires MySQL >= 5.0");
-
-    QSqlQuery q(db);
-    const QString tableName(qTableName("benchmark", __FILE__));
-
-    tst_Databases::safeDropTable( db, tableName );
-
-    QVERIFY_SQL(q, exec("CREATE TABLE "+tableName+"(\n"
-                        "MainKey INT NOT NULL,\n"
-                        "OtherTextCol VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL,\n"
-                        "PRIMARY KEY(`MainKey`))"));
-
-    int i=1;
-
-    QBENCHMARK {
-        QVERIFY_SQL(q, exec("INSERT INTO "+tableName+" VALUES("+QString::number(i)+", \"Value"+QString::number(i)+"\")"));
-        i++;
-    }
-
-    tst_Databases::safeDropTable( db, tableName );
-}
-#endif
-
 QTEST_MAIN( tst_QSqlQuery )
 #include "tst_qsqlquery.moc"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/main.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..87d4ebe3b86e90687c0c204bbc6383fdd0c0e795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2011 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the test suite of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** This file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+** License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation and
+** appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the packaging of this
+** file. Please review the following information to ensure the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 requirements will be met:
+** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights. These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU General
+** Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation
+** and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the packaging of this
+** file. Please review the following information to ensure the GNU General
+** Public License version 3.0 requirements will be met:
+** http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+**
+** Other Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used in accordance with the terms and
+** conditions contained in a signed written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QtTest/QtTest>
+#include <QtSql/QtSql>
+
+#include "../../../../auto/sql/kernel/qsqldatabase/tst_databases.h"
+
+const QString qtest(qTableName( "qtest", __FILE__ ));
+
+class tst_QSqlQuery : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    tst_QSqlQuery();
+    virtual ~tst_QSqlQuery();
+
+public slots:
+    void initTestCase();
+    void cleanupTestCase();
+    void init();
+    void cleanup();
+
+private slots:
+    void benchmark_data() { generic_data(); }
+    void benchmark();
+
+private:
+    // returns all database connections
+    void generic_data(const QString &engine=QString());
+    void dropTestTables( QSqlDatabase db );
+    void createTestTables( QSqlDatabase db );
+    void populateTestTables( QSqlDatabase db );
+
+    tst_Databases dbs;
+};
+
+QTEST_MAIN(tst_QSqlQuery)
+
+tst_QSqlQuery::tst_QSqlQuery()
+{
+}
+
+tst_QSqlQuery::~tst_QSqlQuery()
+{
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::initTestCase()
+{
+    dbs.open();
+
+    for ( QStringList::ConstIterator it = dbs.dbNames.begin(); it != dbs.dbNames.end(); ++it ) {
+        QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::database(( *it ) );
+        CHECK_DATABASE( db );
+        dropTestTables( db ); //in case of leftovers
+        createTestTables( db );
+        populateTestTables( db );
+    }
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::cleanupTestCase()
+{
+    for ( QStringList::ConstIterator it = dbs.dbNames.begin(); it != dbs.dbNames.end(); ++it ) {
+        QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::database(( *it ) );
+        CHECK_DATABASE( db );
+        dropTestTables( db );
+    }
+
+    dbs.close();
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::init()
+{
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::cleanup()
+{
+    QFETCH( QString, dbName );
+    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::database( dbName );
+    CHECK_DATABASE( db );
+
+    if ( QTest::currentTestFunction() == QLatin1String( "numRowsAffected" )
+            || QTest::currentTestFunction() == QLatin1String( "transactions" )
+            || QTest::currentTestFunction() == QLatin1String( "size" )
+            || QTest::currentTestFunction() == QLatin1String( "isActive" )
+            || QTest::currentTestFunction() == QLatin1String( "lastInsertId" ) ) {
+        populateTestTables( db );
+    }
+
+    if ( QTest::currentTestFailed() && ( db.driverName().startsWith( "QOCI" )
+                                         || db.driverName().startsWith( "QODBC" ) ) ) {
+        //since Oracle ODBC totally craps out on error, we init again
+        db.close();
+        db.open();
+    }
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::generic_data(const QString& engine)
+{
+    if ( dbs.fillTestTable(engine) == 0 ) {
+        if (engine.isEmpty())
+           QSKIP( "No database drivers are available in this Qt configuration");
+        else
+           QSKIP( (QString("No database drivers of type %1 are available in this Qt configuration").arg(engine)).toLocal8Bit());
+    }
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::dropTestTables( QSqlDatabase db )
+{
+    QStringList tablenames;
+    // drop all the table in case a testcase failed
+    tablenames <<  qtest
+               << qTableName( "qtest_null", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_blob", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_bittest", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_nullblob", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_rawtest", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_precision", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_prepare", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtestj1", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtestj2", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "char1Select", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "char1SU", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qxmltest", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_exerr", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_empty", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "clobby", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "bindtest", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "more_results", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "blobstest", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "oraRowId", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "qtest_batch", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName("bug6421", __FILE__).toUpper()
+               << qTableName("bug5765", __FILE__)
+               << qTableName("bug6852", __FILE__)
+               << qTableName( "qtest_lockedtable", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "Planet", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "task_250026", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName( "task_234422", __FILE__ )
+               << qTableName("test141895", __FILE__)
+               << qTableName("qtest_oraOCINumber", __FILE__);
+
+    if ( db.driverName().startsWith("QPSQL") )
+        tablenames << qTableName("task_233829", __FILE__);
+
+    if ( db.driverName().startsWith("QSQLITE") )
+        tablenames << qTableName( "record_sqlite", __FILE__ );
+
+    if ( tst_Databases::isSqlServer( db ) || db.driverName().startsWith( "QOCI" ) )
+        tablenames << qTableName( "qtest_longstr", __FILE__ );
+
+    if (tst_Databases::isSqlServer( db ))
+        db.exec("DROP PROCEDURE " + qTableName("test141895_proc", __FILE__));
+
+    if (tst_Databases::isMySQL( db ))
+        db.exec("DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS "+qTableName("bug6852_proc", __FILE__));
+
+    tst_Databases::safeDropTables( db, tablenames );
+
+    if ( db.driverName().startsWith( "QOCI" ) ) {
+        QSqlQuery q( db );
+        q.exec( "DROP PACKAGE " + qTableName("pkg", __FILE__) );
+    }
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::createTestTables( QSqlDatabase db )
+{
+    QSqlQuery q( db );
+
+    if ( db.driverName().startsWith( "QMYSQL" ) )
+        // ### stupid workaround until we find a way to hardcode this
+        // in the MySQL server startup script
+        q.exec( "set table_type=innodb" );
+    else if (tst_Databases::isPostgreSQL(db))
+        QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec("set client_min_messages='warning'"));
+
+    if (tst_Databases::isPostgreSQL(db))
+        QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "create table " + qtest + " (id serial NOT NULL, t_varchar varchar(20), t_char char(20), primary key(id)) WITH OIDS" ) );
+    else
+        QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "create table " + qtest + " (id int "+tst_Databases::autoFieldName(db) +" NOT NULL, t_varchar varchar(20), t_char char(20), primary key(id))" ) );
+
+    if ( tst_Databases::isSqlServer( db ) || db.driverName().startsWith( "QTDS" ) )
+        QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "create table " + qTableName( "qtest_null", __FILE__ ) + " (id int null, t_varchar varchar(20) null)" ) );
+    else
+        QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "create table " + qTableName( "qtest_null", __FILE__ ) + " (id int, t_varchar varchar(20))" ) );
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::populateTestTables( QSqlDatabase db )
+{
+    QSqlQuery q( db );
+    const QString qtest_null(qTableName( "qtest_null", __FILE__ ));
+    q.exec( "delete from " + qtest );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest + " values (1, 'VarChar1', 'Char1')" ) );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest + " values (2, 'VarChar2', 'Char2')" ) );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest + " values (3, 'VarChar3', 'Char3')" ) );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest + " values (4, 'VarChar4', 'Char4')" ) );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest + " values (5, 'VarChar5', 'Char5')" ) );
+
+    q.exec( "delete from " + qtest_null );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest_null + " values (0, NULL)" ) );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest_null + " values (1, 'n')" ) );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest_null + " values (2, 'i')" ) );
+    QVERIFY_SQL( q, exec( "insert into " + qtest_null + " values (3, NULL)" ) );
+}
+
+void tst_QSqlQuery::benchmark()
+{
+    QFETCH( QString, dbName );
+    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::database( dbName );
+    CHECK_DATABASE( db );
+    if ( tst_Databases::getMySqlVersion( db ).section( QChar('.'), 0, 0 ).toInt()<5 )
+        QSKIP( "Test requires MySQL >= 5.0");
+
+    QSqlQuery q(db);
+    const QString tableName(qTableName("benchmark", __FILE__));
+
+    tst_Databases::safeDropTable( db, tableName );
+
+    QVERIFY_SQL(q, exec("CREATE TABLE "+tableName+"(\n"
+                        "MainKey INT NOT NULL,\n"
+                        "OtherTextCol VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL,\n"
+                        "PRIMARY KEY(`MainKey`))"));
+
+    int i=1;
+
+    QBENCHMARK {
+        QVERIFY_SQL(q, exec("INSERT INTO "+tableName+" VALUES("+QString::number(i)+", \"Value"+QString::number(i)+"\")"));
+        i++;
+    }
+
+    tst_Databases::safeDropTable( db, tableName );
+}
+
+#include "main.moc"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/qsqlquery.pro b/tests/benchmarks/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/qsqlquery.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b8f25e1e47484025fda69c1e42fc61534879a168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/qsqlquery.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+TARGET = tst_bench_qsqlquery
+
+# do not run benchmarks by default in 'make check'
+CONFIG -= testcase
+
+SOURCES += main.cpp
+
+QT = core sql testlib