diff --git a/scripts/mkqtdecl_update_tables.sh b/scripts/mkqtdecl_update_tables.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..34c8e06d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mkqtdecl_update_tables.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+qt=()
+for qm in qmake qmake4 qmake5 qmake6; do
+  if sh -c "$qm -v" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+    qt_version=$($qm -v | grep 'Qt version' | sed 's/.*Qt version *\([0-9]\)\..*/\1/')
+    if [ "$qt_version" != "" ]; then
+      echo "Found qmake for Qt$qt_version: $qm"
+      qt[$qt_version]=$qm  
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+
+qmake=qmake
+
+inst_dir_common=$(pwd)/scripts/mkqtdecl_common
+inst_dir4=$(pwd)/scripts/mkqtdecl4
+inst_dir5=$(pwd)/scripts/mkqtdecl5
+inst_dir6=$(pwd)/scripts/mkqtdecl6
+
+inst_dir=$inst_dir4
+
+work_dir="mkqtdecl.tmp"
+
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+
+  a="$1"
+  shift
+
+  case "$a" in
+  -h)
+    echo "Update event and property tables"
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo "  mkqtdecl_update_tables.sh                     Update tables for Qt4"
+    echo "  mkqtdecl_update_tables.sh -qt5                Update tables for Qt5"
+    echo "  mkqtdecl_update_tables.sh -qt6                Update tables for Qt6"
+    echo "  mkqtdecl_update_tables.sh -qt <qmake-path>    Update tables for specific Qt installation"
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  -qt)
+    qmake="$1"
+    shift
+    ;;
+  -qt5)
+    qmake="${qt[5]}"
+    if [ "$qmake" == "" ]; then
+      echo "*** ERROR: Could not find qmake for Qt5"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    work_dir="mkqtdecl5.tmp"
+    inst_dir="$inst_dir5"
+    ;;
+  -qt6)
+    qmake="${qt[6]}"
+    if [ "$qmake" == "" ]; then
+      echo "*** ERROR: Could not find qmake for Qt6"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    work_dir="mkqtdecl6.tmp"
+    inst_dir="$inst_dir6"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "*** ERROR: unknown command option $a"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
+
+done
+
+if ! [ -e build.sh ]; then
+  echo "*** ERROR: could not find build script in current directy - did you start this script from top level?"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p $work_dir
+
+bin=$work_dir/bin-update-tables
+build=$work_dir/build-update-tables
+log=$work_dir/build-update-table.log
+
+echo "Building in $build (log in $log) .."
+
+./build.sh -qmake $qmake -nopython -j8 -release -prefix $(pwd)/$bin -bin $bin -build $build >$log 2>&1
+
+echo "Extracting tables .."
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$bin
+echo "[1] for properties .."
+$bin/klayout -b -r $inst_dir_common/mkqtdecl_extract_props.rb -rd output=$inst_dir/mkqtdecl.properties
+echo "[2] for signals .."
+$bin/klayout -b -r $inst_dir_common/mkqtdecl_extract_signals.rb -rd output=$inst_dir/mkqtdecl.events
+
+echo "Done."
+
diff --git a/src/gsi/gsi/gsiEnums.h b/src/gsi/gsi/gsiEnums.h
index ca3c6da1b..abe2eb2b5 100644
--- a/src/gsi/gsi/gsiEnums.h
+++ b/src/gsi/gsi/gsiEnums.h
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ public:
       gsi::method_ext ("to_s", &enum_to_string_ext, "@brief Gets the symbolic string from an enum") +
       gsi::method_ext ("inspect", &enum_to_string_inspect_ext, "@brief Converts an enum to a visual string") +
       gsi::method_ext ("to_i", &enum_to_int, "@brief Gets the integer value from the enum") +
+      gsi::method_ext ("hash", &enum_to_int, "@brief Gets the hash value from the enum") +
       gsi::method_ext ("==", &enum_eq, gsi::arg("other"), "@brief Compares two enums") +
       gsi::method_ext ("==", &enum_eq_with_int, gsi::arg("other"), "@brief Compares an enum with an integer value") +
       gsi::method_ext ("!=", &enum_ne, gsi::arg("other"), "@brief Compares two enums for inequality") +
diff --git a/src/pya/pya/pyaInternal.cc b/src/pya/pya/pyaInternal.cc
index ec5e6c0e4..37ad0395f 100644
--- a/src/pya/pya/pyaInternal.cc
+++ b/src/pya/pya/pyaInternal.cc
@@ -521,6 +521,22 @@ MethodTable::add_method (const std::string &name, const gsi::MethodBase *mb)
       mp_module->add_python_doc (mb, tl::to_string (tr ("This method is also available as 'str(object)'")));
     }
 
+  } else if (name == "to_i" && mb->compatible_with_num_args (0)) {
+
+    //  The hash method is also routed via the tp_int implementation
+    add_method_basic ("__int__", mb);
+
+    add_method_basic (name, mb);
+    mp_module->add_python_doc (mb, tl::to_string (tr ("This method is also available as 'int(object)'")));
+
+  } else if (name == "to_f" && mb->compatible_with_num_args (0)) {
+
+    //  The hash method is also routed via the tp_int implementation
+    add_method_basic ("__float__", mb);
+
+    add_method_basic (name, mb);
+    mp_module->add_python_doc (mb, tl::to_string (tr ("This method is also available as 'float(object)'")));
+
   } else if (name == "hash" && mb->compatible_with_num_args (0)) {
 
     //  The hash method is also routed via the tp_hash implementation
diff --git a/testdata/python/qtbinding.py b/testdata/python/qtbinding.py
index 002920bf2..e613fd6bb 100644
--- a/testdata/python/qtbinding.py
+++ b/testdata/python/qtbinding.py
@@ -696,6 +696,12 @@ class QtBindingTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     # The various ways to refer to enums
 
+    self.assertEqual(pya.Qt.MouseButton(4).to_i(), 4)
+    self.assertEqual(pya.Qt_MouseButton(4).to_i(), 4)
+    self.assertEqual(pya.Qt_MouseButton(4).__int__(), 4)
+    self.assertEqual(pya.Qt_MouseButton(4).__hash__(), 4)
+    self.assertEqual(int(pya.Qt_MouseButton(4)), 4)
+    self.assertEqual(str(pya.Qt_MouseButton(4)), "MiddleButton")
     self.assertEqual(pya.Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton.to_i(), 1)
     self.assertEqual(pya.Qt_MouseButton.LeftButton.to_i(), 1)
     self.assertEqual(pya.Qt.LeftButton.to_i(), 1)
@@ -706,6 +712,18 @@ class QtBindingTest(unittest.TestCase):
     self.assertEqual((pya.Qt.LeftButton | pya.Qt.RightButton).to_i(), 3)
     self.assertEqual(type(pya.Qt.LeftButton | pya.Qt.RightButton).__name__, "Qt_QFlags_MouseButton")
 
+  def test_59(self):
+
+    # Enums can act as hash keys
+
+    h = {}
+    h[pya.Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton] = "left"
+    h[pya.Qt.MouseButton.RightButton] = "right"
+    self.assertEqual(pya.Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton in h, True)
+    self.assertEqual(h[pya.Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton], "left")
+    self.assertEqual(h[pya.Qt.MouseButton.RightButton], "right")
+    self.assertEqual(pya.Qt.MouseButton.MiddleButton in h, False)
+
 # run unit tests
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(QtBindingTest)
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/qtbinding.rb b/testdata/ruby/qtbinding.rb
index ec781965f..24cb5d25a 100644
--- a/testdata/ruby/qtbinding.rb
+++ b/testdata/ruby/qtbinding.rb
@@ -825,7 +825,10 @@ class QtBinding_TestClass < TestBase
 
     # The various ways to refer to enums
 
-    assert_equal(RBA::Qt::MouseButton::LeftButton.to_i, 1)
+    assert_equal(RBA::Qt::MouseButton::new(4).to_i, 4)
+    assert_equal(RBA::Qt_MouseButton::new(4).to_i, 4)
+    assert_equal(RBA::Qt_MouseButton::new(4).hash, 4)
+    assert_equal(RBA::Qt_MouseButton::new(4).to_s, "MiddleButton")
     assert_equal(RBA::Qt_MouseButton::LeftButton.to_i, 1)
     assert_equal(RBA::Qt::LeftButton.to_i, 1)
     assert_equal((RBA::Qt_MouseButton::LeftButton | RBA::Qt_MouseButton::RightButton).to_i, 3)
@@ -837,6 +840,19 @@ class QtBinding_TestClass < TestBase
 
   end
 
+  def test_59
+
+    # Enums can act as hash keys
+
+    h = {}
+    h[RBA::Qt::MouseButton::LeftButton] = "left"
+    h[RBA::Qt::MouseButton::RightButton] = "right"
+    assert_equal(h[RBA::Qt::MouseButton::LeftButton], "left")
+    assert_equal(h[RBA::Qt::MouseButton::RightButton], "right")
+    assert_equal(h[RBA::Qt::MouseButton::MiddleButton], nil)
+
+  end
+
 end 
 
 load("test_epilogue.rb")