diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
index d19e5d9a9f4..5224a13456c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.cpp
@@ -1624,6 +1624,33 @@ bool QListView::isSelectionRectVisible() const
     return d->isSelectionRectVisible();
 }
 
+/*!
+    \property QListView::expandingListItems
+    \brief if items occupy the entire width of the column
+    \since 5.9
+
+    If this property is \c true then all items in the column
+    will have the width of the column; otherwise the width of
+    each item will be determined by it's size hint.
+
+    By default, this property is \c true.
+*/
+void QListView::setExpandingListItems(bool enable)
+{
+    Q_D(QListView);
+    if (d->expandingListItems == enable)
+        return;
+    d->expandingListItems = enable;
+    if (viewMode() == ListMode && flow() == QListView::TopToBottom && isWrapping())
+        d->doDelayedItemsLayout();
+}
+
+bool QListView::isExpandingListItems() const
+{
+    Q_D(const QListView);
+    return d->expandingListItems;
+}
+
 /*!
     \reimp
 */
@@ -1650,7 +1677,8 @@ QListViewPrivate::QListViewPrivate()
       column(0),
       uniformItemSizes(false),
       batchSize(100),
-      showElasticBand(false)
+      showElasticBand(false),
+      expandingListItems(true)
 {
 }
 
@@ -2365,7 +2393,8 @@ QListViewItem QListModeViewBase::indexToListViewItem(const QModelIndex &index) c
             int right = (segment + 1 >= segmentPositions.count()
                      ? contentsSize.width()
                      : segmentPositions.at(segment + 1));
-            size.setWidth(right - pos.x());
+            size.setWidth(dd->expandingListItems ? right - pos.x()
+                                                 : qMin(size.width(), right - pos.x()));
         } else { // make the items as wide as the viewport
             size.setWidth(qMax(size.width(), viewport()->width() - 2 * spacing()));
         }
@@ -2551,8 +2580,15 @@ QVector<QModelIndex> QListModeViewBase::intersectingSet(const QRect &area) const
             if (isHidden(row))
                 continue;
             QModelIndex index = modelIndex(row);
-            if (index.isValid())
-                ret += index;
+            if (index.isValid()) {
+                if (flow() == QListView::LeftToRight || dd->expandingListItems) {
+                    ret += index;
+                } else {
+                    const int iw = indexToListViewItem(index).width(); // item width
+                    if (iw > 0 && segStartPosition - segmentPositions.at(seg) < iw)
+                        ret += index;
+                }
+            }
 #if 0 // for debugging
             else
                 qWarning("intersectingSet: row %d was invalid", row);
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.h
index e918e66d383..4cf53f9bab1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class Q_WIDGETS_EXPORT QListView : public QAbstractItemView
     Q_PROPERTY(int batchSize READ batchSize WRITE setBatchSize)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool wordWrap READ wordWrap WRITE setWordWrap)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool selectionRectVisible READ isSelectionRectVisible WRITE setSelectionRectVisible)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool expandingListItems READ isExpandingListItems WRITE setExpandingListItems)
 
 public:
     enum Movement { Static, Free, Snap };
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ public:
     void setSelectionRectVisible(bool show);
     bool isSelectionRectVisible() const;
 
+    void setExpandingListItems(bool enable);
+    bool isExpandingListItems() const;
+
     QRect visualRect(const QModelIndex &index) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     void scrollTo(const QModelIndex &index, ScrollHint hint = EnsureVisible) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     QModelIndex indexAt(const QPoint &p) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview_p.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview_p.h
index 47effcdfd99..a66e0071950 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qlistview_p.h
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ public:
 
     QRect elasticBand;
     bool showElasticBand;
+
+    bool expandingListItems;
 };
 
 // inline implementations
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qlistview/tst_qlistview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qlistview/tst_qlistview.cpp
index 0f1c5723d55..e5e9b87df4b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qlistview/tst_qlistview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qlistview/tst_qlistview.cpp
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ private slots:
     void horizontalScrollingByVerticalWheelEvents();
     void taskQTBUG_7232_AllowUserToControlSingleStep();
     void taskQTBUG_51086_skippingIndexesInSelectedIndexes();
+    void expandingListItems();
 };
 
 // Testing get/set functions
@@ -2486,5 +2487,28 @@ void tst_QListView::taskQTBUG_51086_skippingIndexesInSelectedIndexes()
     QVERIFY(!indexes.contains(data.index(8, 0)));
 }
 
+void tst_QListView::expandingListItems()
+{
+    auto item1 = new QStandardItem("111");
+    auto item2 = new QStandardItem("111111");
+    QStandardItemModel model;
+    model.appendRow(item1);
+    model.appendRow(item2);
+
+    QListView w;
+    w.setModel(&model);
+    w.setWrapping(true);
+    w.show();
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&w));
+
+    QVERIFY(w.visualRect(item1->index()).width() > 0);
+    QVERIFY(w.visualRect(item1->index()).width() == w.visualRect(item2->index()).width());
+
+    w.setExpandingListItems(false);
+    QApplication::processEvents();
+
+    QVERIFY(w.visualRect(item1->index()).width() < w.visualRect(item2->index()).width());
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QListView)
 #include "tst_qlistview.moc"