diff --git a/src/core/qgsogrutils.cpp b/src/core/qgsogrutils.cpp
index 962f63b3c2f..200fd5bfef6 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsogrutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsogrutils.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,71 @@ QVariant QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( const OGRField *value, OGRFieldType typ
   return QVariant();
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr< OGRField > QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( const QVariant &value )
+{
+  std::unique_ptr< OGRField > res = std::make_unique< OGRField >();
+
+  switch ( value.type() )
+  {
+    case QVariant::Invalid:
+      OGR_RawField_SetUnset( res.get() );
+      break;
+    case QVariant::Bool:
+      res->Integer = value.toBool() ? 1 : 0;
+      break;
+    case QVariant::Int:
+      res->Integer = value.toInt();
+      break;
+    case QVariant::LongLong:
+      res->Integer64 = value.toLongLong();
+      break;
+    case QVariant::Double:
+      res->Real = value.toDouble();
+      break;
+    case QVariant::Char:
+    case QVariant::String:
+      res->String = CPLStrdup( value.toString().toUtf8().constData() );
+      break;
+    case QVariant::Date:
+    {
+      const QDate date = value.toDate();
+      res->Date.Day = date.day();
+      res->Date.Month = date.month();
+      res->Date.Year = date.year();
+      res->Date.TZFlag = 0;
+      break;
+    }
+    case QVariant::Time:
+    {
+      const QTime time = value.toTime();
+      res->Date.Hour = time.hour();
+      res->Date.Minute = time.minute();
+      res->Date.Second = time.second() + static_cast< double >( time.msec() ) / 1000;
+      res->Date.TZFlag = 0;
+      break;
+    }
+    case QVariant::DateTime:
+    {
+      const QDateTime dateTime = value.toDateTime();
+      res->Date.Day = dateTime.date().day();
+      res->Date.Month = dateTime.date().month();
+      res->Date.Year = dateTime.date().year();
+      res->Date.Hour = dateTime.time().hour();
+      res->Date.Minute = dateTime.time().minute();
+      res->Date.Second = dateTime.time().second() + static_cast< double >( dateTime.time().msec() ) / 1000;
+      res->Date.TZFlag = 0;
+      break;
+    }
+
+    default:
+      QgsDebugMsg( "Unhandled variant type in variantToOGRField" );
+      OGR_RawField_SetUnset( res.get() );
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return res;
+}
+
 QgsFeature QgsOgrUtils::readOgrFeature( OGRFeatureH ogrFet, const QgsFields &fields, QTextCodec *encoding )
 {
   QgsFeature feature;
diff --git a/src/core/qgsogrutils.h b/src/core/qgsogrutils.h
index 3d13dfe84b4..40475c74bbd 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsogrutils.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsogrutils.h
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsOgrUtils
      */
     static QVariant OGRFieldtoVariant( const OGRField *value, OGRFieldType type );
 
+    /**
+     * Converts a QVariant to an OGRField value.
+     *
+     * \since QGIS 3.26
+     */
+    static std::unique_ptr<OGRField> variantToOGRField( const QVariant &value );
+
     /**
      * Reads an OGR feature and converts it to a QgsFeature.
      * \param ogrFet OGR feature handle
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgsogrutils.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgsogrutils.cpp
index 6179608a194..bef49079bc2 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgsogrutils.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgsogrutils.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class TestQgsOgrUtils: public QObject
     void convertStyleString();
     void ogrCrsConversion();
     void ogrFieldToVariant();
+    void variantToOgrField();
     void testOgrFieldTypeToQVariantType_data();
     void testOgrFieldTypeToQVariantType();
     void testVariantTypeToOgrFieldType_data();
@@ -813,6 +814,31 @@ void TestQgsOgrUtils::ogrFieldToVariant()
   OGR_DS_Destroy( hDS );
 }
 
+void TestQgsOgrUtils::variantToOgrField()
+{
+  std::unique_ptr<OGRField> field( QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant() ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTInteger ), QVariant() );
+
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( true ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTInteger ), QVariant( 1 ) );
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( false ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTInteger ), QVariant( 0 ) );
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( 11 ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTInteger ), QVariant( 11 ) );
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( 11LL ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTInteger64 ), QVariant( 11LL ) );
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( 5.5 ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTReal ), QVariant( 5.5 ) );
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( QStringLiteral( "abc" ) ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTString ), QVariant( QStringLiteral( "abc" ) ) );
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( QDate( 2021, 2, 3 ) ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTDate ), QVariant( QDate( 2021, 2, 3 ) ) );
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( QTime( 12, 13, 14, 50 ) ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTTime ), QVariant( QTime( 12, 13, 14, 50 ) ) );
+  field = QgsOgrUtils::variantToOGRField( QVariant( QDateTime( QDate( 2021, 2, 3 ), QTime( 12, 13, 14, 50 ) ) ) );
+  QCOMPARE( QgsOgrUtils::OGRFieldtoVariant( field.get(), OFTDateTime ), QVariant( QDateTime( QDate( 2021, 2, 3 ), QTime( 12, 13, 14, 50 ) ) ) );
+}
+
 void TestQgsOgrUtils::testOgrFieldTypeToQVariantType_data()
 {
   QTest::addColumn<int>( "ogrType" );