diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qlayoutitem.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qlayoutitem.cpp
index 9e6d1c5eac..0aab0bb06d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qlayoutitem.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qlayoutitem.cpp
@@ -502,6 +502,17 @@ void QWidgetItem::setGeometry(const QRect &rect)
     else if (!(align & Qt::AlignTop))
         y = y + (r.height() - s.height()) / 2;
 
+    // Make sure we don't move outside of the parent, e.g when styles demand
+    // surplus space that exceeds the available margins (f.ex macOS with QGroupBox)
+    if (x < 0) {
+        s.rwidth() += x;
+        x = 0;
+    }
+    if (y < 0) {
+        s.rheight() += y;
+        y = 0;
+    }
+
     wid->setGeometry(x, y, s.width(), s.height());
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qboxlayout/tst_qboxlayout.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qboxlayout/tst_qboxlayout.cpp
index b2650d1f32..fa9769a002 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qboxlayout/tst_qboxlayout.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qboxlayout/tst_qboxlayout.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ private slots:
     void sizeConstraints();
     void setGeometry();
     void setStyleShouldChangeSpacing();
+    void widgetSurplus();
 
     void testLayoutEngine_data();
     void testLayoutEngine();
@@ -236,6 +237,69 @@ void tst_QBoxLayout::setStyleShouldChangeSpacing()
     QTRY_COMPARE(spacing(), 10);
 }
 
+class MarginEatingStyle : public QProxyStyle
+{
+public:
+    MarginEatingStyle() : QProxyStyle(QStyleFactory::create("windows"))
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual QRect subElementRect(SubElement sr, const QStyleOption *opt,
+                                const QWidget *widget) const
+    {
+        QRect rect = opt->rect;
+        switch (sr) {
+        case SE_GroupBoxLayoutItem:
+            // this is a simplifed version of what the macOS style does
+            rect.setTop(rect.top() + 20);
+            rect.setLeft(rect.left() + 20);
+            rect.setRight(rect.right() - 20);
+            rect.setBottom(rect.bottom() - 20);
+            break;
+        default:
+            return QProxyStyle::subElementRect(sr, opt, widget);
+        }
+
+        return rect;
+    }
+};
+
+void tst_QBoxLayout::widgetSurplus()
+{
+    // Test case for QTBUG-67608 - a style requests space in the margin
+
+    QDialog window;
+    QScopedPointer<MarginEatingStyle> marginEater(new MarginEatingStyle);
+    QVBoxLayout *vbox = new QVBoxLayout(&window);
+    vbox->setMargin(0);
+    vbox->setSpacing(0);
+
+    QLabel *hiddenLabel = new QLabel(tr("Invisible label"));
+    hiddenLabel->setVisible(false);
+
+    QGroupBox *groupBox = new QGroupBox(tr("Groupbox Title"));
+    groupBox->setStyle(marginEater.data());
+    groupBox->setObjectName("Test group box");
+    QPushButton *button1 = new QPushButton(tr("Button 1"));
+    QPushButton *button2 = new QPushButton(tr("Button 2"));
+    QVBoxLayout *groupLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
+    groupLayout->addWidget(button1);
+    groupLayout->addWidget(button2);
+    groupBox->setLayout(groupLayout);
+
+    QLabel *label = new QLabel(tr("Visible label"));
+
+    vbox->addWidget(hiddenLabel);
+    vbox->addWidget(groupBox);
+    vbox->addWidget(label);
+    window.setLayout(vbox);
+
+    window.show();
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&window));
+    QCOMPARE(groupBox->y(), 0);
+    QCOMPARE(groupBox->x(), 0);
+}
+
 void tst_QBoxLayout::taskQTBUG_7103_minMaxWidthNotRespected()
 {
     QLabel *label = new QLabel("Qt uses standard C++, but makes extensive use of the C pre-processor to enrich the language. Qt can also be used in several other programming languages via language bindings. It runs on all major platforms, and has extensive internationalization support. Non-GUI features include SQL database access, XML parsing, thread management, network support and a unified cross-platform API for file handling.");