diff --git a/src/core/render_widget_host_view_qt.cpp b/src/core/render_widget_host_view_qt.cpp
index 39c95098e257e7c94fb1f57586e5caed4e88a02d..4233e91bd60365058d445f7177ae54b88d9139cf 100644
--- a/src/core/render_widget_host_view_qt.cpp
+++ b/src/core/render_widget_host_view_qt.cpp
@@ -624,6 +624,12 @@ void RenderWidgetHostViewQt::OnAccessibilityEvents(const std::vector<Accessibili
     QT_NOT_USED
 }
 
+void RenderWidgetHostViewQt::SelectionChanged(const string16 &text, size_t offset, const gfx::Range &range)
+{
+    content::RenderWidgetHostViewBase::SelectionChanged(text, offset, range);
+    m_adapterClient->selectionChanged();
+}
+
 bool RenderWidgetHostViewQt::DispatchLongPressGestureEvent(ui::GestureEvent *)
 {
     return false;
diff --git a/src/core/render_widget_host_view_qt.h b/src/core/render_widget_host_view_qt.h
index 5591be1909cdc81efd3ae5d7baea2d9aa3d3fed3..6d4e1ba8067afe16e6b4da8c42db421eeb19db33 100644
--- a/src/core/render_widget_host_view_qt.h
+++ b/src/core/render_widget_host_view_qt.h
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ public:
     virtual void OnAccessibilityEvents(const std::vector<AccessibilityHostMsg_EventParams>&) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void ProcessAckedTouchEvent(const content::TouchEventWithLatencyInfo &touch, content::InputEventAckState ack_result) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
+    // Overridden from RenderWidgetHostViewBase.
+    virtual void SelectionChanged(const string16 &text, size_t offset, const gfx::Range &range) OVERRIDE;
+
     // Overridden from ui::GestureEventHelper.
     virtual bool DispatchLongPressGestureEvent(ui::GestureEvent *event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual bool DispatchCancelTouchEvent(ui::TouchEvent *event) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
diff --git a/src/core/web_contents_adapter.cpp b/src/core/web_contents_adapter.cpp
index ea360dc9903737dffb1ebd3d9f7563a71639c2d9..82d6ed26fbb5a15bc6209ecf6d1e863ca393c186 100644
--- a/src/core/web_contents_adapter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/web_contents_adapter.cpp
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ QString WebContentsAdapter::pageTitle() const
     return entry ? toQt(entry->GetTitle()) : QString();
 }
 
+QString WebContentsAdapter::selectedText() const
+{
+    Q_D(const WebContentsAdapter);
+    return toQt(d->webContents->GetRenderViewHost()->GetView()->GetSelectedText());
+}
+
 void WebContentsAdapter::navigateToIndex(int offset)
 {
     Q_D(WebContentsAdapter);
diff --git a/src/core/web_contents_adapter.h b/src/core/web_contents_adapter.h
index 93027c19caf7b0dfd4d207bd0c11a26600119c46..56e39ba3203c301c9f684df90adf906c0ba70e69 100644
--- a/src/core/web_contents_adapter.h
+++ b/src/core/web_contents_adapter.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public:
     QUrl activeUrl() const;
     QUrl requestedUrl() const;
     QString pageTitle() const;
+    QString selectedText() const;
 
     void navigateToIndex(int);
     void navigateToOffset(int);
diff --git a/src/core/web_contents_adapter_client.h b/src/core/web_contents_adapter_client.h
index ba6a4535511286d977e101c7914a5e8d7d168ed6..778446a1287847d8b18758c8ef912aee426e9883 100644
--- a/src/core/web_contents_adapter_client.h
+++ b/src/core/web_contents_adapter_client.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ public:
     virtual void iconChanged(const QUrl&) = 0;
     virtual void loadingStateChanged() = 0;
     virtual void loadProgressChanged(int progress) = 0;
+    virtual void selectionChanged() = 0;
     virtual QRectF viewportRect() const = 0;
     virtual qreal dpiScale() const = 0;
     virtual void loadFinished(bool success, int error_code = 0, const QString &error_description = QString()) = 0;
diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p_p.h b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p_p.h
index d7c84a1ad9df8bdb8357fab3adf9119593424f79..a36eb327c33b39af49ec5b05d1773acc507af80b 100644
--- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p_p.h
+++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebengineview_p_p.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public:
     virtual void iconChanged(const QUrl&) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void loadingStateChanged() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void loadProgressChanged(int progress) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+    virtual void selectionChanged() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE { }
     virtual QRectF viewportRect() const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual qreal dpiScale() const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void loadFinished(bool success, int error_code = 0, const QString &error_description = QString()) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp
index 9636598e8ba471dcdf301f18255748f256379c87..760a8eff75c86adc0c741b905f46ed5d789adfde 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ void QWebEnginePagePrivate::loadProgressChanged(int progress)
     Q_EMIT q->loadProgress(progress);
 }
 
+void QWebEnginePagePrivate::selectionChanged()
+{
+    Q_Q(QWebEnginePage);
+    Q_EMIT q->selectionChanged();
+}
+
 QRectF QWebEnginePagePrivate::viewportRect() const
 {
     return view ? view->geometry() : QRectF();
@@ -329,6 +335,17 @@ QWidget *QWebEnginePage::view() const
     return d->view;
 }
 
+bool QWebEnginePage::hasSelection() const
+{
+    return !selectedText().isEmpty();
+}
+
+QString QWebEnginePage::selectedText() const
+{
+    Q_D(const QWebEnginePage);
+    return d->adapter->selectedText();
+}
+
 #ifndef QT_NO_ACTION
 QAction *QWebEnginePage::action(WebAction action) const
 {
diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage_p.h b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage_p.h
index 9a4dc57fd46bb60e4097a4aca403c216e52088b2..e6113b7958976bf9dfb6098fe4ffc3c8612c3c47 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage_p.h
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage_p.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ public:
     virtual void iconChanged(const QUrl&) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void loadingStateChanged() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void loadProgressChanged(int progress) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+    virtual void selectionChanged() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual QRectF viewportRect() const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual qreal dpiScale() const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual void loadFinished(bool success, int error_code, const QString &error_description = QString()) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineview.cpp b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineview.cpp
index eee68d65d9dbdd501ebece7b5f03b1ac89b50239..e5237bc72b2baf0064b0cc7c0f441408c2c956d9 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineview.cpp
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebengineview.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ void QWebEngineViewPrivate::bind(QWebEngineView *view, QWebEnginePage *page)
         QObject::connect(page, &QWebEnginePage::loadStarted, view, &QWebEngineView::loadStarted);
         QObject::connect(page, &QWebEnginePage::loadProgress, view, &QWebEngineView::loadProgress);
         QObject::connect(page, &QWebEnginePage::loadFinished, view, &QWebEngineView::loadFinished);
+        QObject::connect(page, &QWebEnginePage::selectionChanged, view, &QWebEngineView::selectionChanged);
     }
 }
 
@@ -154,6 +155,16 @@ QUrl QWebEngineView::url() const
     return page()->url();
 }
 
+bool QWebEngineView::hasSelection() const
+{
+    return page()->hasSelection();
+}
+
+QString QWebEngineView::selectedText() const
+{
+    return page()->selectedText();
+}
+
 #ifndef QT_NO_ACTION
 QAction* QWebEngineView::pageAction(QWebEnginePage::WebAction action) const
 {
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/qwebenginepage/tst_qwebenginepage.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/qwebenginepage/tst_qwebenginepage.cpp
index a76e4a2ecc1d70b4bb1ee02f63875a9bb8f92d8c..d6f154e5e0dda52320b32b44c7e477e0e04c58f7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/qwebenginepage/tst_qwebenginepage.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/qwebenginepage/tst_qwebenginepage.cpp
@@ -2900,9 +2900,6 @@ void tst_QWebEnginePage::userAgentNewlineStripping()
 
 void tst_QWebEnginePage::crashTests_LazyInitializationOfMainFrame()
 {
-#if !defined(QWEBENGINEPAGE_SELECTEDTEXT)
-    QSKIP("QWEBENGINEPAGE_SELECTEDTEXT");
-#else
     {
         QWebEnginePage webPage;
     }
@@ -2911,19 +2908,22 @@ void tst_QWebEnginePage::crashTests_LazyInitializationOfMainFrame()
         webPage.selectedText();
     }
     {
+#if defined(QWEBENGINEPAGE_SELECTEDHTML)
         QWebEnginePage webPage;
         webPage.selectedHtml();
+#endif
     }
     {
         QWebEnginePage webPage;
         webPage.triggerAction(QWebEnginePage::Back, true);
     }
     {
+#if defined(QWEBENGINEPAGE_UPDATEPOSITIONDEPENDENTACTIONS)
         QWebEnginePage webPage;
         QPoint pos(10,10);
         webPage.updatePositionDependentActions(pos);
-    }
 #endif
+    }
 }
 
 #if defined(QWEBENGINEPAGE_RENDER)