diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
index bbdbabc14b..b3552cba68 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ public:
 
     QOpenGLContext *shareContext() const;
 
+    virtual QObject *focusObject() { return 0; }
+
 #ifndef QT_NO_OPENGL
     virtual GLuint textureId() const { return 0; }
     virtual QImage grabFramebuffer() { return QImage(); }
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
index 463eea4ddc..b31f9a51dd 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ QObject *QWidgetWindow::focusObject() const
     if (!widget)
         widget = m_widget;
 
+    if (widget) {
+        QObject *focusObj = QWidgetPrivate::get(widget)->focusObject();
+        if (focusObj)
+            return focusObj;
+    }
+
     return widget;
 }