diff --git a/src/qmlmodels/qqmldelegatemodel.cpp b/src/qmlmodels/qqmldelegatemodel.cpp
index 444379818a..c6e06ac6f4 100644
--- a/src/qmlmodels/qqmldelegatemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qmlmodels/qqmldelegatemodel.cpp
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ void QQmlDelegateModelPrivate::itemsRemoved(
                         emitDestroyingItem(object);
                     cacheItem->scriptRef -= 1;
                 }
-                if (!cacheItem->isReferenced()) {
+                if (!cacheItem->isReferenced() && !remove.inGroup(Compositor::Persisted)) {
                     m_compositor.clearFlags(Compositor::Cache, cacheIndex, 1, Compositor::CacheFlag);
                     m_cache.removeAt(cacheIndex);
                     delete cacheItem;
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qqmldelegatemodel/data/persistedItemsCache.qml b/tests/auto/qml/qqmldelegatemodel/data/persistedItemsCache.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ae2038e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qqmldelegatemodel/data/persistedItemsCache.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Window
+import QtQml.Models
+
+Window {
+    id: win
+    visible: true
+    width: 640
+    height: 480
+    property int destroyCount : 0;
+    property int createCount : 0;
+    property alias testListModel: mdl
+
+    DelegateModel {
+        id: visualModel
+        model: ListModel {
+            id: mdl
+            ListElement {
+                name: "a"
+                hidden: false
+            }
+            ListElement {
+                name: "b"
+                hidden: true
+            }
+            ListElement {
+                name: "c"
+                hidden: false
+            }
+        }
+
+        filterOnGroup: "selected"
+
+        groups: [
+            DelegateModelGroup {
+                name: "selected"
+                includeByDefault: true
+            }
+        ]
+
+        delegate: Text {
+            visible: DelegateModel.inSelected
+            property var idx
+            Component.onCompleted: {
+                ++createCount
+                idx = index
+                DelegateModel.inPersistedItems = true
+                DelegateModel.inSelected = !model.hidden
+            }
+            Component.onDestruction: ++destroyCount
+            text: model.name
+        }
+    }
+
+    ListView {
+    id: listView
+        model: visualModel
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        focus: true
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qqmldelegatemodel/tst_qqmldelegatemodel.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qqmldelegatemodel/tst_qqmldelegatemodel.cpp
index 8b433d346c..4169690ed0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qqmldelegatemodel/tst_qqmldelegatemodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qqmldelegatemodel/tst_qqmldelegatemodel.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <QtGui/QStandardItemModel>
 #include <QtQml/qqmlcomponent.h>
 #include <QtQmlModels/private/qqmldelegatemodel_p.h>
+#include <QtQmlModels/private/qqmllistmodel_p.h>
 #include <QtQuick/qquickview.h>
 #include <QtQuick/qquickitem.h>
 #include <QtQuickTestUtils/private/qmlutils_p.h>
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ private slots:
     void nestedDelegates();
     void typedModelData();
     void deleteRace();
+    void persistedItemsStayInCache();
 };
 
 class AbstractItemModel : public QAbstractItemModel
@@ -289,6 +291,21 @@ void tst_QQmlDelegateModel::deleteRace()
     QTRY_COMPARE(o->property("count").toInt(), 0);
 }
 
+void tst_QQmlDelegateModel::persistedItemsStayInCache()
+{
+    QQmlEngine engine;
+    QQmlComponent component(&engine, testFileUrl("persistedItemsCache.qml"));
+    QVERIFY2(component.isReady(), qPrintable(component.errorString()));
+    std::unique_ptr<QObject> object(component.create());
+    QVERIFY(object);
+    const QVariant properyListModel = object->property("testListModel");
+    QQmlListModel *listModel = qvariant_cast<QQmlListModel *>(properyListModel);
+    QVERIFY(listModel);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(object->property("createCount").toInt(), 3);
+    listModel->clear();
+    QTRY_COMPARE(object->property("destroyCount").toInt(), 3);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QQmlDelegateModel)
 
 #include "tst_qqmldelegatemodel.moc"