diff --git a/examples/widgets/draganddrop/draggabletext/dragwidget.cpp b/examples/widgets/draganddrop/draggabletext/dragwidget.cpp
index 36c4df2e438..77262e5b291 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/draganddrop/draggabletext/dragwidget.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/draganddrop/draggabletext/dragwidget.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ void DragWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
     mimeData->setData(hotSpotMimeDataKey(),
                       QByteArray::number(hotSpot.x()) + ' ' + QByteArray::number(hotSpot.y()));
 
-    QPixmap pixmap(child->size());
+    qreal dpr = window()->windowHandle()->devicePixelRatio();
+    QPixmap pixmap(child->size() * dpr);
+    pixmap.setDevicePixelRatio(dpr);
     child->render(&pixmap);
 
     QDrag *drag = new QDrag(this);
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoadrag.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoadrag.mm
index 80006ae9b85..1e9c355788f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoadrag.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoadrag.mm
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #include "qcocoadrag.h"
 #include "qmacclipboard.h"
 #include "qcocoahelpers.h"
+#ifndef QT_NO_WIDGETS
+#include <QtWidgets/qwidget.h>
+#endif
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -181,7 +184,18 @@ QPixmap QCocoaDrag::dragPixmap(QDrag *drag, QPoint &hotSpot) const
                 const int width = fm.width(s);
                 const int height = fm.height();
                 if (width > 0 && height > 0) {
-                    pm = QPixmap(width, height);
+                    qreal dpr = 1.0;
+                    if (const QWindow *sourceWindow = qobject_cast<QWindow *>(drag->source())) {
+                        dpr = sourceWindow->devicePixelRatio();
+                    }
+#ifndef QT_NO_WIDGETS
+                    else if (const QWidget *sourceWidget = qobject_cast<QWidget *>(drag->source())) {
+                        if (const QWindow *sourceWindow = sourceWidget->window()->windowHandle())
+                            dpr = sourceWindow->devicePixelRatio();
+                    }
+#endif
+                    pm = QPixmap(width * dpr, height * dpr);
+                    pm.setDevicePixelRatio(dpr);
                     QPainter p(&pm);
                     p.fillRect(0, 0, pm.width(), pm.height(), Qt::color0);
                     p.setPen(Qt::color1);