diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquickwindow.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquickwindow.cpp
index 6220ea2e1fe9b11aa54b34cd96dcef3d059c7bab..e78f9141a86c612b228d6fc405bd5bc3d45c58f6 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquickwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquickwindow.cpp
@@ -687,6 +687,13 @@ void QQuickWindowPrivate::translateTouchEvent(QTouchEvent *touchEvent)
     touchEvent->setTouchPoints(touchPoints);
 }
 
+
+static inline bool windowHasFocus(QQuickWindow *win)
+{
+    const QWindow *focusWindow = QGuiApplication::focusWindow();
+    return win == focusWindow || QQuickRenderControl::renderWindowFor(win) == focusWindow;
+}
+
 /*!
 Set the focus inside \a scope to be \a item.
 If the scope contains the active focus item, it will be changed to \a item.
@@ -762,7 +769,7 @@ void QQuickWindowPrivate::setFocusInScope(QQuickItem *scope, QQuickItem *item, Q
     }
 
     if (!(options & DontChangeFocusProperty)) {
-        if (item != contentItem || QGuiApplication::focusWindow() == q) {
+        if (item != contentItem || windowHasFocus(q)) {
             itemPrivate->focus = true;
             changed << item;
         }
diff --git a/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp b/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
index e20e5f22ab04c9a7c3e17d53fc8766f1b0cebe7a..7e31c271f4dfa7d590a2b6766ba454edb07ebec6 100644
--- a/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
@@ -941,6 +941,20 @@ void QQuickWidget::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *e)
 }
 #endif
 
+
+void QQuickWidget::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent * event)
+{
+    Q_D(QQuickWidget);
+    d->offscreenWindow->focusInEvent(event);
+}
+
+void QQuickWidget::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent * event)
+{
+    Q_D(QQuickWidget);
+    d->offscreenWindow->focusOutEvent(event);
+}
+
+
 /*! \reimp */
 bool QQuickWidget::event(QEvent *e)
 {
diff --git a/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.h b/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.h
index 81e9af02fb0cecf46b1da042417a1618afd5a48d..4287933063f18b6ff0e88ca1efcd63be8c10b3e1 100644
--- a/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.h
+++ b/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ protected:
     virtual void showEvent(QShowEvent *);
     virtual void hideEvent(QHideEvent *);
 
+    virtual void focusInEvent(QFocusEvent * event);
+    virtual void focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent * event);
+
 #ifndef QT_NO_WHEELEVENT
     virtual void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *);
 #endif