diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index e90327567..4e96af7bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Fixed
 - Version checks when starting qutebrowser now also take the Qt version PyQt was compiled against into account
 - Hinting a input now doesn't select existing text anymore with QtWebKit
 - The cursor now moves to the end when input elements are selected with QtWebEngine
+- Download suffixes like (1) are now correctly stripped with QtWebEngine
 
 v0.10.0
 -------
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginedownloads.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginedownloads.py
index 59a81df69..070bcf8c0 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginedownloads.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginedownloads.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def _get_suggested_filename(path):
     See https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-56978
     """
     filename = os.path.basename(path)
-    filename = re.sub(r'\([0-9]+\)$', '', filename)
+    filename = re.sub(r'\([0-9]+\)(?=\.|$)', '', filename)
     if not qtutils.version_check('5.8.1'):
         # https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-58155
         filename = urllib.parse.unquote(filename)
diff --git a/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py b/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
index 4b18b57e2..072ff192a 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
+++ b/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
@@ -219,3 +219,32 @@ def test_webengine_inspector(request, quteproc_new):
     s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     s.connect(('127.0.0.1', port))
     s.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.linux
+def test_webengine_download_suffix(request, quteproc_new, tmpdir):
+    """Make sure QtWebEngine does not add a suffix to downloads."""
+    if not request.config.webengine:
+        pytest.skip()
+
+    download_dir = tmpdir / 'downloads'
+    download_dir.ensure(dir=True)
+
+    (tmpdir / 'user-dirs.dirs').write(
+        'XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR={}'.format(download_dir))
+    env = {'XDG_CONFIG_HOME': str(tmpdir)}
+    args = (['--temp-basedir'] + _base_args(request.config))
+    quteproc_new.start(args, env=env)
+
+    quteproc_new.set_setting('storage', 'prompt-download-directory', 'false')
+    quteproc_new.set_setting('storage', 'download-directory', str(download_dir))
+    quteproc_new.open_path('data/downloads/download.bin', wait=False)
+    quteproc_new.wait_for(category='downloads', message='Download * finished')
+    quteproc_new.open_path('data/downloads/download.bin', wait=False)
+    quteproc_new.wait_for(message='Entering mode KeyMode.yesno *')
+    quteproc_new.send_cmd(':prompt-accept yes')
+    quteproc_new.wait_for(category='downloads', message='Download * finished')
+
+    files = download_dir.listdir()
+    assert len(files) == 1
+    assert files[0].basename == 'download.bin'