diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
index 67e72c38c6c..5cd4addf784 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
@@ -980,6 +980,7 @@ void QListView::initViewItemOption(QStyleOptionViewItem *option) const
     if (d->gridSize().isValid()) {
         option->rect.setSize(d->gridSize());
     }
+    option->viewItemPosition = QStyleOptionViewItem::OnlyOne;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
index 89075a6de11..f656b9921ee 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview.cpp
@@ -1022,6 +1022,25 @@ void QTableViewPrivate::sortIndicatorChanged(int column, Qt::SortOrder order)
     model->sort(column, order);
 }
 
+QStyleOptionViewItem::ViewItemPosition QTableViewPrivate::viewItemPosition(
+        const QModelIndex &index) const
+{
+    int visualColumn = horizontalHeader->visualIndex(index.column());
+    int count = horizontalHeader->count();
+
+    if (count <= 0 || visualColumn < 0 || visualColumn >= count)
+        return QStyleOptionViewItem::Invalid;
+
+    if (count == 1 && visualColumn == 0)
+        return QStyleOptionViewItem::OnlyOne;
+    else if (visualColumn == 0)
+        return QStyleOptionViewItem::Beginning;
+    else if (visualColumn == count - 1)
+        return QStyleOptionViewItem::End;
+    else
+        return QStyleOptionViewItem::Middle;
+}
+
 /*!
   \internal
   Draws a table cell.
@@ -1045,6 +1064,7 @@ void QTableViewPrivate::drawCell(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &
         }
         opt.palette.setCurrentColorGroup(cg);
     }
+    opt.viewItemPosition = viewItemPosition(index);
 
     if (index == q->currentIndex()) {
         const bool focus = (q->hasFocus() || viewport->hasFocus()) && q->currentIndex().isValid();
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview_p.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview_p.h
index 30f82af64c3..13922d9fd44 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtableview_p.h
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ public:
         return horizontalHeader->logicalIndex(visualCol);
     }
 
+    QStyleOptionViewItem::ViewItemPosition viewItemPosition(const QModelIndex &index) const;
+
     inline int accessibleTable2Index(const QModelIndex &index) const {
         const int vHeader = verticalHeader ? 1 : 0;
         return (index.row() + (horizontalHeader ? 1 : 0)) * (index.model()->columnCount() + vHeader)
diff --git a/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qlistview/background.qss b/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qlistview/background.qss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d73a91a6e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qlistview/background.qss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+QAbstractItemView::item:only-one{
+    background-color: red;
+}
diff --git a/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qtableview/background.qss b/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qtableview/background.qss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bce159eb7d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baseline/stylesheet/qss/qtableview/background.qss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+QAbstractItemView::item:first{
+    background-color: green;
+}
+QAbstractItemView::item:middle {
+    background-color: yellow;
+}
+QAbstractItemView::item:last {
+    background-color: red;
+}
diff --git a/tests/baseline/stylesheet/tst_baseline_stylesheet.cpp b/tests/baseline/stylesheet/tst_baseline_stylesheet.cpp
index ea837089ddc..172a2ad7f64 100644
--- a/tests/baseline/stylesheet/tst_baseline_stylesheet.cpp
+++ b/tests/baseline/stylesheet/tst_baseline_stylesheet.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ private slots:
     void tst_QHeaderView_data();
     void tst_QHeaderView();
 
+    void tst_QTableView_data();
+    void tst_QTableView();
+
+    void tst_QListView_data();
+    void tst_QListView();
+
 private:
     QDir styleSheetDir;
 };
@@ -227,6 +233,38 @@ void tst_Stylesheet::tst_QHeaderView()
     QBASELINE_TEST(takeSnapshot());
 }
 
+void tst_Stylesheet::tst_QTableView_data()
+{
+    loadTestFiles();
+}
+
+void tst_Stylesheet::tst_QTableView()
+{
+    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout;
+    QTableWidget *tw = new QTableWidget(2, 3);
+    layout->addWidget(tw);
+    testWindow()->setLayout(layout);
+    makeVisible();
+    QBASELINE_TEST(takeSnapshot());
+}
+
+void tst_Stylesheet::tst_QListView_data()
+{
+    loadTestFiles();
+}
+
+void tst_Stylesheet::tst_QListView()
+{
+    QStringListModel m({ "Berlin", "Paris", "London" });
+    QListView *v = new QListView;
+    v->setModel(&m);
+    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout;
+    layout->addWidget(v);
+    testWindow()->setLayout(layout);
+    makeVisible();
+    QBASELINE_TEST(takeSnapshot());
+}
+
 QBASELINETEST_MAIN(tst_Stylesheet)
 
 #include "tst_baseline_stylesheet.moc"