diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoawindow.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoawindow.mm
index 3b6e55f654b..8e5a9268ec0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoawindow.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoawindow.mm
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ void QCocoaWindow::recreateWindowIfNeeded()
     if (m_windowModality != window()->modality())
         recreateReason |= WindowModalityChanged;
 
-    const bool shouldBeContentView = !parentWindow && !m_viewIsEmbedded;
+    const bool shouldBeContentView = !parentWindow && !(m_viewIsToBeEmbedded || m_viewIsEmbedded);
     if (isContentView() != shouldBeContentView)
         recreateReason |= ContentViewChanged;
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qmenu_mac.mm b/src/widgets/widgets/qmenu_mac.mm
index 7d932c670f0..0d680fb4dc7 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qmenu_mac.mm
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qmenu_mac.mm
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ void QMenuPrivate::moveWidgetToPlatformItem(QWidget *widget, QPlatformMenuItem*
     containerWindow->setFlags(wf | Qt::SubWindow);
     [(NSView *)widget->winId() setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable];
 
+    if (QPlatformNativeInterface::NativeResourceForIntegrationFunction function = resolvePlatformFunction("setEmbeddedInForeignView")) {
+        typedef void (*SetEmbeddedInForeignViewFunction)(QPlatformWindow *window, bool embedded);
+        reinterpret_cast<SetEmbeddedInForeignViewFunction>(function)(containerWindow->handle(), true);
+    }
+
     item->setNativeContents((WId)containerView);
     container->show();
 }