diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp
index 5b7fa9df252766bba1e4d9a9b2d323673ad287bc..34728834eade43e913711dd63439db0eaaec1499 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp
@@ -1810,6 +1810,25 @@ WebEngineSettings *QWebEnginePagePrivate::webEngineSettings() const
     return settings->d_func();
 }
 
+/*!
+    \since 5.10
+    Downloads the resource from the location given by \a url to a local file.
+
+    If \a filename is given, it is used as the suggested file name.
+    If it is relative, the file is saved in the standard download location with
+    the given name.
+    If it is a null or empty QString, the default file name is used.
+
+    This will emit QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested() after the download
+    has started.
+*/
+
+void QWebEnginePage::download(const QUrl& url, const QString& filename)
+{
+    Q_D(QWebEnginePage);
+    d->adapter->download(url, filename);
+}
+
 void QWebEnginePage::load(const QUrl& url)
 {
     Q_D(QWebEnginePage);
diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.h b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.h
index 292075827cb15c2e5febaf18f19e1239291de0e4..295527e746c5eaed5bf2d8a36f439db457a20e9a 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.h
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.h
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ public:
 
     void load(const QUrl &url);
     void load(const QWebEngineHttpRequest &request);
+    void download(const QUrl &url, const QString &filename = QString());
     void setHtml(const QString &html, const QUrl &baseUrl = QUrl());
     void setContent(const QByteArray &data, const QString &mimeType = QString(), const QUrl &baseUrl = QUrl());
 
diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineprofile.cpp b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineprofile.cpp
index 73998030c2b95847a8f5996a48ad59339a160b3d..f3608471ce63f2586752520f42fec196b6b98a1a 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineprofile.cpp
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineprofile.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ using QtWebEngineCore::BrowserContextAdapter;
   will be deleted immediately after the signal emission.
   This signal cannot be used with a queued connection.
 
-  \sa QWebEngineDownloadItem
+  \sa QWebEngineDownloadItem, QWebEnginePage::download()
 */
 
 QWebEngineProfilePrivate::QWebEngineProfilePrivate(QSharedPointer<BrowserContextAdapter> browserContext)