diff --git a/src/controls/StackView.qml b/src/controls/StackView.qml
index bd9c4de9c0ab4e7e88795c30e5348b915c6f4532..002355dc76b89a02539f22b17ebbdc3ac4b9e260 100644
--- a/src/controls/StackView.qml
+++ b/src/controls/StackView.qml
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ import QtQuick.Controls.Private 1.0
     \endlist
 */
 
-Item {
+FocusScope {
     id: root
 
     /*! \qmlproperty int StackView::depth
diff --git a/tests/auto/controls/controls.pro b/tests/auto/controls/controls.pro
index c3f0009414af94694c71e6a4746c43cf357bdb30..6ba1e3ea6fbe366278b35e472570bd2538fd4cb1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/controls/controls.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/controls/controls.pro
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ OTHER_FILES += \
     $$PWD/data/tst_rowlayout.qml \
     $$PWD/data/tst_gridlayout.qml \
     $$PWD/data/tst_slider.qml \
+    $$PWD/data/tst_stack.qml \
+    $$PWD/data/tst_stackview.qml \
     $$PWD/data/tst_statusbar.qml \
     $$PWD/data/tst_switch.qml \
     $$PWD/data/tst_tab.qml \
diff --git a/tests/auto/controls/data/tst_stackview.qml b/tests/auto/controls/data/tst_stackview.qml
index 848be7258df1f8feb78f8fc92519b194b66f1658..f574feedf94d437dbe293a95a15b4c04b8cbbeaf 100644
--- a/tests/auto/controls/data/tst_stackview.qml
+++ b/tests/auto/controls/data/tst_stackview.qml
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ TestCase {
     id: testCase
     name: "Tests_StackView"
     when: windowShown
+    visible: true
     width: 400
     height: 400
 
     Item { id: anItem  }
+    TextField { id: textField }
     Component {
         id: pageComponent
         Item {}
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ TestCase {
 
     Component {
         id: stackComponent
-        StackView {}
+        StackView { anchors.fill: parent }
     }
 
     function test_stackview() {
@@ -73,5 +75,27 @@ TestCase {
         verify (stack.depth === 1)
         stack.push(pageComponent)
         verify (stack.depth === 2)
+        stack.destroy()
+    }
+
+    function test_focus() {
+        var stack = stackComponent.createObject(testCase, {initialItem: anItem})
+        verify (stack !== null, "stackview created is null")
+        compare(stack.currentItem, anItem)
+
+        stack.forceActiveFocus()
+        verify(stack.activeFocus)
+
+        stack.push({item: textField, immediate: true})
+        compare(stack.currentItem, textField)
+        textField.forceActiveFocus()
+        verify(textField.activeFocus)
+
+        stack.pop({immediate: true})
+        compare(stack.currentItem, anItem)
+        verify(stack.activeFocus)
+        verify(!textField.activeFocus)
+
+        stack.destroy()
     }
 }