diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
index bedcfe78bf..b60648549e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
@@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ void QWidgetWindow::handleTouchEvent(QTouchEvent *event)
     if (event->type() == QEvent::TouchCancel) {
         QApplicationPrivate::translateTouchCancel(event->device(), event->timestamp());
         event->accept();
+    } else if (qApp->d_func()->inPopupMode()) {
+        // Ignore touch events for popups. This will cause QGuiApplication to synthesise mouse
+        // events instead, which QWidgetWindow::handleMouseEvent will forward correctly:
+        event->ignore();
     } else {
         event->setAccepted(QApplicationPrivate::translateRawTouchEvent(m_widget, event->device(), event->touchPoints(), event->timestamp()));
     }