diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qlabel.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qlabel.cpp
index 4d1c4ebb741..bc40b0f4424 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qlabel.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qlabel.cpp
@@ -1652,15 +1652,10 @@ QPoint QLabelPrivate::layoutPoint(const QPoint& p) const
 #ifndef QT_NO_CONTEXTMENU
 QMenu *QLabelPrivate::createStandardContextMenu(const QPoint &pos)
 {
-    if (!control || effectiveTextFormat == Qt::PlainText)
+    if (!control)
         return nullptr;
 
     const QPoint p = layoutPoint(pos);
-    QString linkToCopy = control->document()->documentLayout()->anchorAt(p);
-
-    if (linkToCopy.isEmpty())
-        return nullptr;
-
     return control->createStandardContextMenu(p, q_func());
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qlabel/tst_qlabel.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qlabel/tst_qlabel.cpp
index 2775e2c683b..9193a34c45c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qlabel/tst_qlabel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qlabel/tst_qlabel.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_CONTEXTMENU
     void taskQTBUG_7902_contextMenuCrash();
+    void contextMenu_data();
+    void contextMenu();
 #endif
 
     void taskQTBUG_48157_dprPixmap();
@@ -561,6 +563,43 @@ void tst_QLabel::taskQTBUG_7902_contextMenuCrash()
     QTest::qWait(350);
     // No crash, it's allright.
 }
+
+void tst_QLabel::contextMenu_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("text");
+    QTest::addColumn<Qt::TextInteractionFlag>("interactionFlags");
+    QTest::addColumn<bool>("showsContextMenu");
+
+    QTest::addRow("Read-only")  << "Plain Text"
+                                << Qt::NoTextInteraction
+                                << false;
+    QTest::addRow("Selectable") << "Plain Text"
+                                << Qt::TextEditorInteraction
+                                << true;
+    QTest::addRow("Link")       << "<a href=\"nowhere\">Rich text with link</a>"
+                                << Qt::TextBrowserInteraction
+                                << true;
+    QTest::addRow("Rich text")  << "<b>Rich text without link</b>"
+                                << Qt::TextBrowserInteraction
+                                << true;
+}
+
+void tst_QLabel::contextMenu()
+{
+    QFETCH(QString, text);
+    QFETCH(Qt::TextInteractionFlag, interactionFlags);
+    QFETCH(bool, showsContextMenu);
+
+    QLabel label(text);
+    label.setTextInteractionFlags(interactionFlags);
+    label.show();
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&label));
+
+    const QPoint menuPosition = label.rect().center();
+    QContextMenuEvent cme(QContextMenuEvent::Mouse, menuPosition, label.mapToGlobal(menuPosition));
+    QApplication::sendEvent(&label, &cme);
+    QCOMPARE(cme.isAccepted(), showsContextMenu);
+}
 #endif
 
 void tst_QLabel::taskQTBUG_48157_dprPixmap()