diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
index ef91decc9ff..dc05ef0bac3 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextdocumentlayout.cpp
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ void QTextDocumentLayoutPrivate::drawTableCell(const QRectF &cellRect, QPainter
     }
 
     // paint over the background - otherwise we would have to adjust the background paint cellRect for the border values
-    if (cellBorderConfigured)
+    if (cellBorderConfigured || (td->borderCollapse && td->border != 0))
         drawTableCellBorder(cellRect, painter, table, td, cell);
 
     const QFixed verticalOffset = td->cellVerticalOffsets.at(c + r * table->columns());