diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index 5bf4fec92c..a07297863d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -3217,12 +3217,14 @@ void QAbstractItemView::setIndexWidget(const QModelIndex &index, QWidget *widget
     if (QWidget *oldWidget = indexWidget(index)) {
         d->persistent.remove(oldWidget);
         d->removeEditor(oldWidget);
+        oldWidget->removeEventFilter(this);
         oldWidget->deleteLater();
     }
     if (widget) {
         widget->setParent(viewport());
         d->persistent.insert(widget);
         d->addEditor(index, widget, true);
+        widget->installEventFilter(this);
         widget->show();
         dataChanged(index, index); // update the geometry
         if (!d->delayedPendingLayout)
@@ -4499,6 +4501,24 @@ QModelIndexList QAbstractItemViewPrivate::selectedDraggableIndexes() const
     return indexes;
 }
 
+/*!
+    \reimp
+*/
+
+bool QAbstractItemView::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
+{
+    Q_D(QAbstractItemView);
+    if (object == this || object == viewport() || event->type() != QEvent::FocusIn)
+        return QAbstractScrollArea::eventFilter(object, event);
+    QWidget *widget = qobject_cast<QWidget *>(object);
+    // If it is not a persistent widget then we did not install
+    // the event filter on it, so assume a base implementation is
+    // filtering
+    if (!widget || !d->persistent.contains(widget))
+        return QAbstractScrollArea::eventFilter(object, event);
+    setCurrentIndex(d->indexForEditor(widget));
+    return false;
+}
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.h
index 96745a84ea..8a138bdb67 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.h
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ protected:
     void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event) override;
     void timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event) override;
     void inputMethodEvent(QInputMethodEvent *event) override;
+    bool eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event) override;
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DRAGANDDROP
     enum DropIndicatorPosition { OnItem, AboveItem, BelowItem, OnViewport };
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
index f6723ceba4..e99ed8f2f4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ private slots:
     void testClearModelInClickedSignal();
     void inputMethodEnabled_data();
     void inputMethodEnabled();
+    void currentFollowsIndexWidget_data();
+    void currentFollowsIndexWidget();
 };
 
 class MyAbstractItemDelegate : public QAbstractItemDelegate
@@ -2390,5 +2392,56 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemView::inputMethodEnabled()
     QCOMPARE(view->testAttribute(Qt::WA_InputMethodEnabled), result);
 }
 
+void tst_QAbstractItemView::currentFollowsIndexWidget_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("viewType");
+
+    QList<QByteArray> widgets;
+    widgets << "QListView" << "QTreeView" << "QTableView";
+    for (const QByteArray &widget : qAsConst(widgets))
+        QTest::newRow(widget) << widget;
+}
+
+void tst_QAbstractItemView::currentFollowsIndexWidget()
+{
+    QFETCH(QByteArray, viewType);
+
+    QScopedPointer<QAbstractItemView> view;
+    if (viewType == "QListView")
+        view.reset(new QListView());
+    else if (viewType == "QTableView")
+        view.reset(new QTableView());
+    else if (viewType == "QTreeView")
+        view.reset(new QTreeView());
+    else
+        QVERIFY(0);
+
+    centerOnScreen(view.data());
+    view->show();
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(view.data()));
+
+    QStandardItemModel *model = new QStandardItemModel(view.data());
+    QStandardItem *item1 = new QStandardItem("first item");
+    item1->setFlags(Qt::ItemIsSelectable | Qt::ItemIsEnabled);
+    model->appendRow(item1);
+
+    QStandardItem *item2 = new QStandardItem("test item");
+    item2->setFlags(Qt::ItemIsSelectable | Qt::ItemIsEnabled);
+    model->appendRow(item2);
+
+    view->setModel(model);
+    QLineEdit *lineEdit1 = new QLineEdit;
+    QLineEdit *lineEdit2 = new QLineEdit;
+    view->setIndexWidget(item1->index(), lineEdit1);
+    view->setIndexWidget(item2->index(), lineEdit2);
+
+    lineEdit2->setFocus();
+    QTRY_VERIFY(lineEdit2->hasFocus());
+    QCOMPARE(view->currentIndex(), item2->index());
+    lineEdit1->setFocus();
+    QTRY_VERIFY(lineEdit1->hasFocus());
+    QCOMPARE(view->currentIndex(), item1->index());
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QAbstractItemView)
 #include "tst_qabstractitemview.moc"