diff --git a/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp b/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
index 5b3e4394ce..c2c0f6f8d3 100644
--- a/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ bool QQuickWidget::event(QEvent *e)
             QPointerEvent *pointerEvent = static_cast<QPointerEvent *>(e);
             auto deliveredPoints = pointerEvent->points();
             for (auto &point : deliveredPoints) {
-                if (pointerEvent->exclusiveGrabber(point))
+                if (pointerEvent->exclusiveGrabber(point) || !pointerEvent->passiveGrabbers(point).isEmpty())
                     point.setAccepted(true);
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/auto/quickwidgets/qquickwidget/data/tapHandler.qml b/tests/auto/quickwidgets/qquickwidget/data/tapHandler.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe3d1925e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/quickwidgets/qquickwidget/data/tapHandler.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import QtQuick
+
+Rectangle {
+    width: 100
+    height: 100
+    color: th.pressed ? "steelblue" : "beige"
+
+    TapHandler {
+        id: th
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/quickwidgets/qquickwidget/tst_qquickwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/quickwidgets/qquickwidget/tst_qquickwidget.cpp
index 0c88c71582..755f2dd64c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quickwidgets/qquickwidget/tst_qquickwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/quickwidgets/qquickwidget/tst_qquickwidget.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QtQuick/qquickitem.h>
 #include <QtQuick/private/qquickitem_p.h>
 #include <QtQuick/private/qquickmousearea_p.h>
+#include <QtQuick/private/qquicktaphandler_p.h>
 #include <QtQuickTemplates2/private/qquickbutton_p.h>
 #include <QtQuickTestUtils/private/qmlutils_p.h>
 #include <QtGui/QWindow>
@@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ private slots:
     void synthMouseFromTouch();
     void touchTapMouseArea();
     void touchTapButton();
+    void touchTapHandler_data();
+    void touchTapHandler();
     void touchMultipleWidgets();
     void tabKey();
     void resizeOverlay();
@@ -682,6 +685,44 @@ void tst_qquickwidget::touchTapButton()
     QTRY_VERIFY(rootItem->property("wasClicked").toBool());
 }
 
+void tst_qquickwidget::touchTapHandler_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<bool>("guiSynthMouse"); // AA_SynthesizeMouseForUnhandledTouchEvents
+    QTest::addColumn<QQuickTapHandler::GesturePolicy>("gesturePolicy");
+
+    // QTest::newRow("nosynth: passive grab") << false << QQuickTapHandler::DragThreshold; // still failing
+    QTest::newRow("nosynth: exclusive grab") << false << QQuickTapHandler::ReleaseWithinBounds;
+    QTest::newRow("allowsynth: passive grab") << true << QQuickTapHandler::DragThreshold; // QTBUG-113558
+    QTest::newRow("allowsynth: exclusive grab") << true << QQuickTapHandler::ReleaseWithinBounds;
+}
+
+void tst_qquickwidget::touchTapHandler()
+{
+    QFETCH(bool, guiSynthMouse);
+    QFETCH(QQuickTapHandler::GesturePolicy, gesturePolicy);
+
+    QCoreApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_SynthesizeMouseForUnhandledTouchEvents, guiSynthMouse);
+    QQuickWidget quick;
+    QVERIFY(quick.testAttribute(Qt::WA_AcceptTouchEvents));
+    quick.setSource(testFileUrl("tapHandler.qml"));
+    quick.show();
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&quick));
+
+    QQuickItem *rootItem = quick.rootObject();
+    QVERIFY(rootItem);
+    QQuickTapHandler *th = rootItem->findChild<QQuickTapHandler *>();
+    QVERIFY(th);
+    th->setGesturePolicy(gesturePolicy);
+    QSignalSpy tappedSpy(th, &QQuickTapHandler::tapped);
+
+    const QPoint p(50, 50);
+    QTest::touchEvent(&quick, device).press(0, p, &quick);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(th->isPressed(), true);
+    QTest::touchEvent(&quick, device).release(0, p, &quick);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(tappedSpy.size(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(th->isPressed(), false);
+}
+
 void tst_qquickwidget::touchMultipleWidgets()
 {
     QWidget window;