diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview.cpp b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview.cpp
index a47defb7cc8205dab84ee4a84def30b95c6cd724..e70e7f790ed8cd60844152f9b359ef3373095bfc 100644
--- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview.cpp
+++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview.cpp
@@ -812,21 +812,39 @@ QQuickWebEngineHistory *QQuickWebEngineViewExperimental::navigationHistory() con
     return d_ptr->m_history.data();
 }
 
-QQmlWebChannel *QQuickWebEngineViewExperimental::webChannel() const
+/*!
+ * \qmlproperty QQmlWebChannel WebEngineView::webChannel
+ * \since QtWebEngine 1.1
+ *
+ * The web channel instance used by this view.
+ * This channel is automatically using the internal QtWebEngine transport mechanism over Chromium IPC,
+ * and exposed in the javascript context of the page it is rendering as \c navigator.qtWebChannelTransport.
+ * This transport object is used when instantiating the JavaScript counterpart of QWebChannel using
+ * the \l{Qt WebChannel JavaScript API}.
+ *
+ * \note The view does not take ownership when explicitly setting a webChannel object.
+ */
+
+QQmlWebChannel *QQuickWebEngineView::webChannel()
 {
-    d_ptr->ensureContentsAdapter();
-    QQmlWebChannel *qmlWebChannel = qobject_cast<QQmlWebChannel *>(d_ptr->adapter->webChannel());
-    Q_ASSERT(!d_ptr->adapter->webChannel() || qmlWebChannel);
+    Q_D(QQuickWebEngineView);
+    d->ensureContentsAdapter();
+    QQmlWebChannel *qmlWebChannel = qobject_cast<QQmlWebChannel *>(d->adapter->webChannel());
+    Q_ASSERT(!d->adapter->webChannel() || qmlWebChannel);
     if (!qmlWebChannel) {
-        qmlWebChannel = new QQmlWebChannel;
-        d_ptr->adapter->setWebChannel(qmlWebChannel);
+        qmlWebChannel = new QQmlWebChannel(this);
+        d->adapter->setWebChannel(qmlWebChannel);
     }
     return qmlWebChannel;
 }
 
-void QQuickWebEngineViewExperimental::setWebChannel(QQmlWebChannel *webChannel)
+void QQuickWebEngineView::setWebChannel(QQmlWebChannel *webChannel)
 {
-    d_ptr->adapter->setWebChannel(webChannel);
+    Q_D(QQuickWebEngineView);
+    bool notify = (d->adapter->webChannel() == webChannel);
+    d->adapter->setWebChannel(webChannel);
+    if (notify)
+        Q_EMIT webChannelChanged();
 }
 
 void QQuickWebEngineViewExperimental::grantFeaturePermission(const QUrl &securityOrigin, QQuickWebEngineViewExperimental::Feature feature, bool granted)
diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p.h b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p.h
index 56a1b47abd6c01e6e1a239d4a5c6f9c4f4259f2c..3057cc9a44c49d8b037d03d2a3d1dadd96cab8d8 100644
--- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p.h
+++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+class QQmlWebChannel;
 class QQuickWebEngineCertificateError;
 class QQuickWebEngineLoadRequest;
 class QQuickWebEngineNavigationRequest;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class Q_WEBENGINE_PRIVATE_EXPORT QQuickWebEngineView : public QQuickItem {
     Q_PROPERTY(qreal zoomFactor READ zoomFactor WRITE setZoomFactor NOTIFY zoomFactorChanged REVISION 1)
     Q_PROPERTY(QQuickWebEngineProfile *profile READ profile WRITE setProfile FINAL REVISION 1)
     Q_PROPERTY(QQuickWebEngineSettings *settings READ settings REVISION 1)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QQmlWebChannel *webChannel READ webChannel WRITE setWebChannel NOTIFY webChannelChanged REVISION 1)
     Q_ENUMS(NavigationRequestAction);
     Q_ENUMS(NavigationType);
     Q_ENUMS(LoadStatus);
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ public:
     void setProfile(QQuickWebEngineProfile *);
 
     QQuickWebEngineSettings *settings() const;
+    QQmlWebChannel *webChannel();
+    void setWebChannel(QQmlWebChannel *);
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void runJavaScript(const QString&, const QJSValue & = QJSValue());
@@ -164,6 +168,8 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
     Q_REVISION(1) void certificateError(QQuickWebEngineCertificateError *error);
     Q_REVISION(1) void newViewRequested(QQuickWebEngineNewViewRequest *request);
     Q_REVISION(1) void zoomFactorChanged(qreal arg);
+    Q_REVISION(1) void webChannelChanged();
+
 
 protected:
     void geometryChanged(const QRectF &newGeometry, const QRectF &oldGeometry);
diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p_p.h b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p_p.h
index d7785092f5ab5b18788d036c41be93dbfd76cb8e..48eb25cb3294bd96e7b543714e6cd706cf98f469 100644
--- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p_p.h
+++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p_p.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class QQuickWebEngineView;
 class QQmlComponent;
 class QQmlContext;
 class QQuickWebEngineSettings;
-class QQmlWebChannel;
 
 class Q_WEBENGINE_PRIVATE_EXPORT QQuickWebEngineViewport : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ class Q_WEBENGINE_PRIVATE_EXPORT QQuickWebEngineViewExperimental : public QObjec
     Q_PROPERTY(QQmlComponent *extraContextMenuEntriesComponent READ extraContextMenuEntriesComponent WRITE setExtraContextMenuEntriesComponent NOTIFY extraContextMenuEntriesComponentChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool isFullScreen READ isFullScreen WRITE setIsFullScreen NOTIFY isFullScreenChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(QQuickWebEngineHistory *navigationHistory READ navigationHistory CONSTANT FINAL)
-    Q_PROPERTY(QQmlWebChannel *webChannel READ webChannel WRITE setWebChannel)
     Q_ENUMS(Feature)
     Q_FLAGS(FindFlags)
 
@@ -105,9 +103,6 @@ public:
     void setExtraContextMenuEntriesComponent(QQmlComponent *);
     QQmlComponent *extraContextMenuEntriesComponent() const;
     QQuickWebEngineHistory *navigationHistory() const;
-    QQuickWebEngineSettings *settings() const;
-    QQmlWebChannel *webChannel() const;
-    void setWebChannel(QQmlWebChannel *);
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
     void goBackTo(int index);
diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_webchannel.qml b/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_webchannel.qml
index 1abb191e1bc6fb6e70a9374b0b24a9c96eff6a8b..c3618659a1289ca96e0b2f2bfd1a53206d76dcb9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_webchannel.qml
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_webchannel.qml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ** Copyright (C) 2014 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
 ** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
 **
-** This file is part of the QtWebChannel module of the Qt Toolkit.
+** This file is part of the QtWebEngine module of the Qt Toolkit.
 **
 ** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
 ** Commercial License Usage
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Item {
 
     TestWebEngineView {
         id: webView
-        experimental.webChannel.registeredObjects: [testObject]
+        webChannel.registeredObjects: [testObject]
     }
 
     SignalSpy {