2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index 6ef8b76672f..e57aba3a56e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -6853,6 +6853,13 @@ QWidget *QWidget::focusWidget() const
     return const_cast<QWidget *>(d_func()->focus_child);
 }
 
+QObject *QWidgetPrivate::focusObject()
+{
+    Q_Q(QWidget);
+    QWidget *proxy = deepestFocusProxy();
+    return proxy ? proxy : q;
+}
+
 /*!
     Returns the next widget in this widget's focus chain.
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
index 2e1c4030f80..07153e71293 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidget_p.h
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ public:
     inline QRect mapFromWS(const QRect &r) const
     { return r.translated(data.wrect.topLeft()); }
 
-    virtual QObject *focusObject() { return nullptr; }
+    virtual QObject *focusObject();
 
     virtual QPlatformBackingStoreRhiConfig rhiConfig() const { return {}; }