diff --git a/dist/changes-5.0.0 b/dist/changes-5.0.0
index 93b49ecf053..eddce7e4072 100644
--- a/dist/changes-5.0.0
+++ b/dist/changes-5.0.0
@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ QtWidgets
   is no longer supported. Construct the item without a scene and then call
   QGraphicsScene::addItem() to add the item to the scene.
 
+* QAbstractItemView and derived classes only emit the clicked() signal on left click now,
+  instead of on all mouse clicks.
+
 QtNetwork
 ---------
 * QHostAddress::isLoopback() API added. Returns true if the address is
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index 40aa4292603..929f7db4064 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void QAbstractItemViewPrivate::_q_scrollerStateChanged()
 /*!
     \fn void QAbstractItemView::clicked(const QModelIndex &index)
 
-    This signal is emitted when a mouse button is clicked. The item
+    This signal is emitted when a mouse button is left-clicked. The item
     the mouse was clicked on is specified by \a index. The signal is
     only emitted when the index is valid.
 
@@ -1859,7 +1859,8 @@ void QAbstractItemView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
     setState(NoState);
 
     if (click) {
-        emit clicked(index);
+        if (event->button() == Qt::LeftButton)
+            emit clicked(index);
         if (edited)
             return;
         QStyleOptionViewItemV4 option = d->viewOptionsV4();
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
index b212a6fdf29..890f30a6687 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ private slots:
     void QTBUG6407_extendedSelection();
     void QTBUG6753_selectOnSelection();
     void testDelegateDestroyEditor();
+    void testClickedSignal();
 };
 
 class MyAbstractItemDelegate : public QAbstractItemDelegate
@@ -1508,6 +1509,30 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemView::testDelegateDestroyEditor()
     QVERIFY(delegate.calledVirtualDtor);
 }
 
+void tst_QAbstractItemView::testClickedSignal()
+{
+    QTableWidget view(5, 5);
+
+    view.show();
+    QApplication::setActiveWindow(&view);
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&view));
+    QCOMPARE(static_cast<QWidget *>(&view), QApplication::activeWindow());
+
+    QModelIndex index49 = view.model()->index(49,0);
+    QPoint p = view.visualRect(index49).center();
+    QVERIFY(view.viewport()->rect().contains(p));
+
+    QSignalSpy clickedSpy(&view, SIGNAL(clicked(QModelIndex)));
+
+    QTest::mouseClick(view.viewport(), Qt::LeftButton, 0, p);
+    QCOMPARE(clickedSpy.count(), 1);
+
+    QTest::mouseClick(view.viewport(), Qt::RightButton, 0, p);
+    // We expect that right-clicks do not cause the clicked() signal to
+    // be emitted.
+    QCOMPARE(clickedSpy.count(), 1);
+
+}
 
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QAbstractItemView)
 #include "tst_qabstractitemview.moc"