diff --git a/cmake/QtCompilerOptimization.cmake b/cmake/QtCompilerOptimization.cmake
index 8f23a6acf9d..ea073309451 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCompilerOptimization.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCompilerOptimization.cmake
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ if (MSVC)
     set(QT_CFLAGS_AVX512VL "-arch:AVX512")
     set(QT_CFLAGS_AVX512IFMA "-arch:AVX512")
     set(QT_CFLAGS_AVX512VBMI "-arch:AVX512")
+    set(QT_CFLAGS_AVX512VBMI2 "-arch:AVX512")
+    set(QT_CFLAGS_VAES      "")
 endif()
 
 if(GCC OR CLANG OR QCC)
@@ -51,8 +53,10 @@ if(GCC OR CLANG OR QCC)
     set(QT_CFLAGS_AVX512VL   "-mavx512vl")
     set(QT_CFLAGS_AVX512IFMA "-mavx512ifma")
     set(QT_CFLAGS_AVX512VBMI "-mavx512vbmi")
+    set(QT_CFLAGS_AVX512VBMI2 "-mavx512vbmi2")
     set(QT_CFLAGS_AESNI      "-maes")
     set(QT_CFLAGS_SHANI      "-msha")
+    set(QT_CFLAGS_VAES       "-mvaes")
     if(NOT UIKIT AND NOT QT_64BIT)
         set(QT_CFLAGS_NEON   "-mfpu=neon")
     endif()
diff --git a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
index a9b8077e381..b9af6395036 100644
--- a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ function(qt_config_compile_test_x86simd extension label)
     qt_get_platform_try_compile_vars(platform_try_compile_vars)
     list(APPEND flags ${platform_try_compile_vars})
 
-    message(STATUS "Performing SIMD Test ${label}")
+    message(STATUS "Performing Test ${label} intrinsics")
     try_compile("TEST_X86SIMD_${extension}"
         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.tests/x86_simd_${extension}"
         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.tests/x86_simd"
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ function(qt_config_compile_test_x86simd extension label)
     else()
         set(status_label "Failed")
     endif()
-    message(STATUS "Performing SIMD Test ${label} - ${status_label}")
+    message(STATUS "Performing Test ${label} intrinsics - ${status_label}")
     set(TEST_subarch_${extension} "${TEST_X86SIMD_${extension}}" CACHE INTERNAL "${label}")
 endfunction()
 
diff --git a/config.tests/x86_simd/main.cpp b/config.tests/x86_simd/main.cpp
index 29c8b97c123..4f51e59a550 100644
--- a/config.tests/x86_simd/main.cpp
+++ b/config.tests/x86_simd/main.cpp
@@ -264,6 +264,26 @@ attribute_target("avx512ifma") void test_avx512ifma()
 }
 #endif
 
+#if T(AVX512VBMI2)
+attribute_target("avx512vl,avx512vbmi2") void test_avx512vbmi2()
+{
+    /* AVX512 Vector Byte Manipulation Instructions 2 */
+    __m128i a = _mm_maskz_compress_epi16(-1, _mm_set1_epi16(1));
+    __m128i b = _mm_shrdi_epi32(a, a, 7);
+}
+#endif
+
+#if T(VAES)
+// VAES does not require AVX512 and works on Alder Lake
+attribute_target("avx2,vaes") void test_vaes()
+{
+    /* 256- and 512-bit AES */
+    __m256i a = _mm256_set1_epi32(-1);
+    __m256i b = _mm256_aesenc_epi128(a, a);
+    __m256i c = _mm256_aesdec_epi128(b, a);
+}
+#endif
+
 int main()
 {
     return 0;
diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index d5a5cfbdc3e..92d501a4d1a 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ qt_config_compile_test_x86simd(avx512ifma "AVX512 IFMA instructions")
 # avx512vbmi
 qt_config_compile_test_x86simd(avx512vbmi "AVX512 VBMI instructions")
 
+# x86: avx512vbmi2
+qt_config_compile_test_x86simd(avx512vbmi2 "AVX512VBMI2")
+
+# x86: vaes
+qt_config_compile_test_x86simd(vaes "VAES")
+
 # posix_fallocate
 qt_config_compile_test(posix_fallocate
     LABEL "POSIX fallocate()"
@@ -803,12 +809,24 @@ qt_feature("avx512vbmi" PRIVATE
 )
 qt_feature_definition("avx512vbmi" "QT_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AVX512VBMI" VALUE "1")
 qt_feature_config("avx512vbmi" QMAKE_PRIVATE_CONFIG)
+qt_feature("avx512vbmi2" PRIVATE
+    LABEL "AVX512VBMI2"
+    CONDITION QT_FEATURE_avx512f AND TEST_subarch_avx512vbmi2
+)
+qt_feature_definition("avx512vbmi2" "QT_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AVX512VBMI2" VALUE "1")
+qt_feature_config("avx512vbmi2" QMAKE_PRIVATE_CONFIG)
 qt_feature("aesni" PRIVATE
     LABEL "AES"
     CONDITION QT_FEATURE_sse2 AND TEST_subarch_aesni
 )
 qt_feature_definition("aesni" "QT_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AES" VALUE "1")
 qt_feature_config("aesni" QMAKE_PRIVATE_CONFIG)
+qt_feature("vaes" PRIVATE
+    LABEL "VAES"
+    CONDITION QT_FEATURE_avx2 AND TEST_subarch_vaes
+)
+qt_feature_definition("vaes" "QT_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_VAES" VALUE "1")
+qt_feature_config("vaes" QMAKE_PRIVATE_CONFIG)
 qt_feature("rdrnd" PRIVATE
     LABEL "RDRAND"
     CONDITION TEST_subarch_rdrnd
@@ -1065,13 +1083,13 @@ qt_configure_add_summary_entry(
 )
 qt_configure_add_summary_entry(
     TYPE "featureList"
-    ARGS "avx avx2"
+    ARGS "avx avx2 vaes"
     MESSAGE "AVX"
     CONDITION ( ( TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL i386 ) OR ( TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL x86_64 ) )
 )
 qt_configure_add_summary_entry(
     TYPE "featureList"
-    ARGS "avx512f avx512er avx512cd avx512pf avx512dq avx512bw avx512vl avx512ifma avx512vbmi"
+    ARGS "avx512f avx512er avx512cd avx512pf avx512dq avx512bw avx512vl avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vbmi2"
     MESSAGE "AVX512"
     CONDITION ( ( TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL i386 ) OR ( TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL x86_64 ) )
 )
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp
index b5aaaeee5b8..5bea0bf9f00 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qhash.cpp
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ aeshash256_lt32_avx256(__m256i state0, const uchar *p, size_t len)
 {
     __m128i state0_128 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(state0);
     if (len) {
-        __mmask32 mask = _bzhi_u32(-1, len);
+        __mmask32 mask = _bzhi_u32(-1, unsigned(len));
         __m256i data = _mm256_maskz_loadu_epi8(mask, p);
         __m128i data0 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(data);
         if (len >= sizeof(__m128i)) {