diff --git a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
index 7b6a9658a468..065a6548783a 100644
--- a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ QgsFields QgsWFSProvider::fields() const
   return mShared->mFields;
 }
 
-QString QgsWFSProvider::geometryAttribute() const
+QString QgsWFSProvider::geometryColumnName() const
 {
   return mShared->mGeometryAttribute;
 }
diff --git a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.h b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.h
index 5040d099e9e3..890a9ea931c3 100644
--- a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class QgsWFSProvider final : public QgsVectorDataProvider
     Qgis::WkbType wkbType() const override;
     long long featureCount() const override;
 
+    QString geometryColumnName() const override;
     QgsFields fields() const override;
 
     QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem crs() const override;
@@ -104,8 +105,6 @@ class QgsWFSProvider final : public QgsVectorDataProvider
 
     /* new functions */
 
-    QString geometryAttribute() const;
-
     const QString processSQLErrorMsg() const { return mProcessSQLErrorMsg; }
 
     const QString processSQLWarningMsg() const { return mProcessSQLWarningMsg; }
diff --git a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovidermetadata.cpp b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovidermetadata.cpp
index 3a9ffab19c7c..0fff636863f8 100644
--- a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovidermetadata.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovidermetadata.cpp
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ QList<QgsProviderSublayerDetails> QgsWfsProviderMetadata::querySublayers( const
         const QString &function = filterNames[i];
         if ( function == QLatin1String( "IsNull" ) )
         {
-          filter = QgsWFSProvider::buildIsNullGeometryFilter( caps, provider.geometryAttribute() );
+          filter = QgsWFSProvider::buildIsNullGeometryFilter( caps, provider.geometryColumnName() );
         }
         else if ( !function.isEmpty() )
         {
-          filter = QgsWFSProvider::buildFilterByGeometryType( caps, provider.geometryAttribute(), function );
+          filter = QgsWFSProvider::buildFilterByGeometryType( caps, provider.geometryColumnName(), function );
         }
 
         if ( !provider.sharedData()->WFSFilter().isEmpty() )
diff --git a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfssubsetstringeditor.cpp b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfssubsetstringeditor.cpp
index 8816ac862f4d..9732530aad34 100644
--- a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfssubsetstringeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfssubsetstringeditor.cpp
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ QgsSubsetStringEditorInterface *QgsWfsSubsetStringEditor::create( QgsVectorLayer
     QString fieldName( fieldNamePrefix + QgsSQLStatement::quotedIdentifierIfNeeded( field.name() ) );
     fieldList << QgsSQLComposerDialog::PairNameType( fieldName, field.typeName() );
   }
-  if ( !provider->geometryAttribute().isEmpty() )
+  if ( !provider->geometryColumnName().isEmpty() )
   {
-    QString fieldName( fieldNamePrefix + QgsSQLStatement::quotedIdentifierIfNeeded( provider->geometryAttribute() ) );
+    QString fieldName( fieldNamePrefix + QgsSQLStatement::quotedIdentifierIfNeeded( provider->geometryColumnName() ) );
     fieldList << QgsSQLComposerDialog::PairNameType( fieldName, QStringLiteral( "geometry" ) );
   }
   fieldList << QgsSQLComposerDialog::PairNameType( fieldNamePrefix + "*", QString() );
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ void QgsWFSTableSelectedCallback::tableSelected( const QString &name )
     QString fieldName( fieldNamePrefix + QgsSQLStatement::quotedIdentifierIfNeeded( field.name() ) );
     fieldList << QgsSQLComposerDialog::PairNameType( fieldName, field.typeName() );
   }
-  if ( !p.geometryAttribute().isEmpty() )
+  if ( !p.geometryColumnName().isEmpty() )
   {
-    QString fieldName( fieldNamePrefix + QgsSQLStatement::quotedIdentifierIfNeeded( p.geometryAttribute() ) );
+    QString fieldName( fieldNamePrefix + QgsSQLStatement::quotedIdentifierIfNeeded( p.geometryColumnName() ) );
     fieldList << QgsSQLComposerDialog::PairNameType( fieldName, QStringLiteral( "geometry" ) );
   }
   fieldList << QgsSQLComposerDialog::PairNameType( fieldNamePrefix + "*", QString() );
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_provider_wfs.py b/tests/src/python/test_provider_wfs.py
index bc385e4f3880..2bec071435cf 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_provider_wfs.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_provider_wfs.py
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ def testWFS10(self):
         )
         self.assertTrue(vl.isValid())
         self.assertEqual(vl.wkbType(), QgsWkbTypes.Type.Point)
+        self.assertEqual(vl.dataProvider().geometryColumnName(), "geometry")
         self.assertEqual(len(vl.fields()), 5)
         self.assertEqual(vl.featureCount(), 0)
         reference = QgsGeometry.fromRect(