diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
index 8ddbbd903a..e815ff53fa 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview.cpp
@@ -2572,7 +2572,8 @@ void QHeaderView::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
             acceptMoveSection = false; // Do not allow moving the tree nod
 
         if (acceptMoveSection) {
-            d->section = d->target = d->pressed;
+            d->target = -1;
+            d->section = d->pressed;
             if (d->section == -1)
                 return;
             d->state = QHeaderViewPrivate::MoveSection;
@@ -2645,6 +2646,7 @@ void QHeaderView::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
                 const int posThreshold = d->headerSectionPosition(visual) - d->offset + d->headerSectionSize(visual) / 2;
                 const int checkPos = d->reverse() ? d->viewport->width() - pos : pos;
                 int moving = visualIndex(d->section);
+                int oldTarget = d->target;
                 if (visual < moving) {
                     if (checkPos < posThreshold)
                         d->target = d->logicalIndex(visual);
@@ -2658,6 +2660,8 @@ void QHeaderView::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
                 } else {
                     d->target = d->section;
                 }
+                if (oldTarget != d->target || oldTarget == -1)
+                    d->updateSectionsBeforeAfter(d->target);
                 d->updateSectionIndicator(d->section, pos);
             }
             return;
@@ -2729,6 +2733,8 @@ void QHeaderView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
             moveSection(from, to);
             d->section = d->target = -1;
             d->updateSectionIndicator(d->section, pos);
+            if (from == to)
+                d->updateSectionsBeforeAfter(from);
             break;
         } // not moving
         Q_FALLTHROUGH();
@@ -2986,6 +2992,7 @@ void QHeaderView::initStyleOptionForIndex(QStyleOptionHeader *option, int logica
         opt.selectedPosition = QStyleOptionHeader::NextIsSelected;
     else
         opt.selectedPosition = QStyleOptionHeader::NotAdjacent;
+    opt.isSectionDragTarget = d->target == logicalIndex;
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -4047,6 +4054,25 @@ void QHeaderViewPrivate::setScrollOffset(const QScrollBar *scrollBar, QAbstractI
     }
 }
 
+void QHeaderViewPrivate::updateSectionsBeforeAfter(int logical)
+{
+    Q_Q(QHeaderView);
+    const int visual = visualIndex(logical);
+    int from = logicalIndex(visual > 1 ? visual - 1 : 0);
+    int to = logicalIndex(visual + 1 >= sectionCount() ? visual : visual + 1);
+    QRect updateRect;
+    if (orientation == Qt::Horizontal) {
+        if (reverse())
+            std::swap(from, to);
+        updateRect = QRect(QPoint(q->sectionViewportPosition(from), 0),
+                           QPoint(q->sectionViewportPosition(to) + headerSectionSize(to), viewport->height()));
+    } else {
+        updateRect = QRect(QPoint(0, q->sectionViewportPosition(from)),
+                           QPoint(viewport->width(), q->sectionViewportPosition(to) + headerSectionSize(to)));
+    }
+    viewport->update(updateRect);
+}
+
 #ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
 void QHeaderViewPrivate::write(QDataStream &out) const
 {
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview_p.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview_p.h
index 7c1ff94646..e8a096bf98 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qheaderview_p.h
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ public:
     int viewSectionSizeHint(int logical) const;
     int adjustedVisualIndex(int visualIndex) const;
     void setScrollOffset(const QScrollBar *scrollBar, QAbstractItemView::ScrollMode scrollMode);
+    void updateSectionsBeforeAfter(int logical);
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DATASTREAM
     void write(QDataStream &out) const;
diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qfusionstyle.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qfusionstyle.cpp
index b8044dbc09..d2eb5e25cc 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qfusionstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qfusionstyle.cpp
@@ -1283,6 +1283,7 @@ void QFusionStyle::drawControl(ControlElement element, const QStyleOption *optio
             QString pixmapName = QStyleHelper::uniqueName(QLatin1String("headersection"), option, option->rect.size());
             pixmapName += QString::number(- int(header->position));
             pixmapName += QString::number(- int(header->orientation));
+            pixmapName += QString::number(- int(header->isSectionDragTarget));
 
             QPixmap cache;
             if (!QPixmapCache::find(pixmapName, &cache)) {
@@ -1291,9 +1292,12 @@ void QFusionStyle::drawControl(ControlElement element, const QStyleOption *optio
                 QRect pixmapRect(0, 0, rect.width(), rect.height());
                 QPainter cachePainter(&cache);
                 QColor buttonColor = d->buttonColor(option->palette);
-                QColor gradientStopColor;
                 QColor gradientStartColor = buttonColor.lighter(104);
-                gradientStopColor = buttonColor.darker(102);
+                QColor gradientStopColor = buttonColor.darker(102);
+                if (header->isSectionDragTarget) {
+                    gradientStopColor = gradientStartColor.darker(130);
+                    gradientStartColor = gradientStartColor.darker(130);
+                }
                 QLinearGradient gradient(pixmapRect.topLeft(), pixmapRect.bottomLeft());
 
                 if (option->palette.window().gradient()) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qstyleoption.cpp b/src/widgets/styles/qstyleoption.cpp
index 6e994dc8dc..933603dd7e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qstyleoption.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qstyleoption.cpp
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ QStyleOptionHeader::QStyleOptionHeader(int version)
       section(0), textAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft), iconAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft),
       position(QStyleOptionHeader::Beginning),
       selectedPosition(QStyleOptionHeader::NotAdjacent), sortIndicator(None),
-      orientation(Qt::Horizontal), textElideMode(Qt::ElideNone), unused(0)
+      orientation(Qt::Horizontal), textElideMode(Qt::ElideNone), isSectionDragTarget(false), unused(0)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qstyleoption.h b/src/widgets/styles/qstyleoption.h
index 4998d8cf14..677a04c04b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qstyleoption.h
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qstyleoption.h
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ public:
     SortIndicator sortIndicator;
     Qt::Orientation orientation:2;
     Qt::TextElideMode textElideMode:2;
-    int unused:28;
+    bool isSectionDragTarget:1;
+    int unused:27;
 
     QStyleOptionHeader();
     QStyleOptionHeader(const QStyleOptionHeader &other) : QStyleOption(Version, Type) { *this = other; }