diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.cpp
index 3268fda2fca..117de8edf97 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemdelegate.cpp
@@ -526,7 +526,15 @@ bool QAbstractItemDelegatePrivate::editorEventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *ev
             if (tryFixup(editor))
                 emit q->commitData(editor);
 
+            // If the application loses focus while editing, then the focus needs to go back
+            // to the itemview when the editor closes. This ensures that when the application
+            // is active again it will have the focus on the itemview as expected.
+            const bool manuallyFixFocus = (event->type() == QEvent::FocusOut) && !editor->hasFocus() &&
+                    editor->parentWidget() &&
+                    (static_cast<QFocusEvent *>(event)->reason() == Qt::ActiveWindowFocusReason);
             emit q->closeEditor(editor, QAbstractItemDelegate::NoHint);
+            if (manuallyFixFocus)
+                editor->parentWidget()->setFocus();
         }
 #ifndef QT_NO_SHORTCUT
     } else if (event->type() == QEvent::ShortcutOverride) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
index e99ed8f2f42..47232212930 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ private slots:
     void inputMethodEnabled();
     void currentFollowsIndexWidget_data();
     void currentFollowsIndexWidget();
+    void checkFocusAfterActivationChanges_data();
+    void checkFocusAfterActivationChanges();
 };
 
 class MyAbstractItemDelegate : public QAbstractItemDelegate
@@ -2443,5 +2445,82 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemView::currentFollowsIndexWidget()
     QCOMPARE(view->currentIndex(), item1->index());
 }
 
+class EditorItemDelegate : public QItemDelegate
+{
+public:
+    EditorItemDelegate() : QItemDelegate(), openedEditor(nullptr) { }
+    QWidget *createEditor(QWidget *parent, const QStyleOptionViewItem &,
+                          const QModelIndex &) const override
+    {
+        openedEditor = new QLineEdit(parent);
+        return openedEditor;
+    }
+    mutable QPointer<QWidget> openedEditor;
+};
+
+// Testing the case reported in QTBUG-62253.
+// When an itemview with an editor that has focus loses focus
+// due to a change in the active window then we need to check
+// that the itemview gets focus once the activation is back
+// on the original window.
+void tst_QAbstractItemView::checkFocusAfterActivationChanges_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<QString>("viewType");
+
+    QTest::newRow("QListView") << "QListView";
+    QTest::newRow("QTableView") << "QTableView";
+    QTest::newRow("QTreeView") << "QTreeView";
+}
+
+void tst_QAbstractItemView::checkFocusAfterActivationChanges()
+{
+    QFETCH(QString, viewType);
+
+    const QRect availableGeo = qApp->primaryScreen()->availableGeometry();
+    const int halfWidth = availableGeo.width() / 2;
+    QWidget otherTopLevel;
+    otherTopLevel.setGeometry(availableGeo.x(), availableGeo.y(),
+                              halfWidth, availableGeo.height());
+    otherTopLevel.show();
+
+    QWidget w;
+    w.setGeometry(availableGeo.x() + halfWidth, availableGeo.y(),
+                              halfWidth, availableGeo.height());
+    QLineEdit *le = new QLineEdit(&w);
+    QAbstractItemView *view = 0;
+    if (viewType == "QListView")
+        view = new QListView(&w);
+    else if (viewType == "QTableView")
+        view = new QTableView(&w);
+    else if (viewType == "QTreeView")
+        view = new QTreeView(&w);
+
+    QStandardItemModel model(5, 5);
+    view->setModel(&model);
+    view->move(0, 50);
+    EditorItemDelegate delegate;
+    view->setItemDelegate(&delegate);
+    w.show();
+
+    QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&w);
+    QVERIFY(le->hasFocus());
+
+    view->setFocus();
+    QVERIFY(view->hasFocus());
+
+    view->edit(model.index(0,0));
+    QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(delegate.openedEditor));
+    QVERIFY(delegate.openedEditor->hasFocus());
+
+    QApplication::setActiveWindow(&otherTopLevel);
+    QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&otherTopLevel);
+    otherTopLevel.setFocus();
+    QVERIFY(!delegate.openedEditor);
+
+    QApplication::setActiveWindow(&w);
+    QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&w);
+    QVERIFY(view->hasFocus());
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QAbstractItemView)
 #include "tst_qabstractitemview.moc"