diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
index b8c7bbba0a2..a19abccb371 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
@@ -1960,6 +1960,15 @@ void QGuiApplicationPrivate::processKeyEvent(QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::KeyE
         window = QGuiApplication::focusWindow();
     }
 
+#if !defined(Q_OS_OSX)
+    // FIXME: Include OS X in this code path by passing the key event through
+    // QPlatformInputContext::filterEvent().
+    if (e->keyType == QEvent::KeyPress && window) {
+        QWindowSystemInterface::handleShortcutEvent(window, e->timestamp, e->key, e->modifiers,
+            e->nativeScanCode, e->nativeVirtualKey, e->nativeModifiers, e->unicode, e->repeat, e->repeatCount);
+    }
+#endif
+
     QKeyEvent ev(e->keyType, e->key, e->modifiers,
                  e->nativeScanCode, e->nativeVirtualKey, e->nativeModifiers,
                  e->unicode, e->repeat, e->repeatCount);
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwindowsysteminterface.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qwindowsysteminterface.cpp
index d17a1f1d5b9..a9dcb8bb7d3 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qwindowsysteminterface.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwindowsysteminterface.cpp
@@ -249,8 +249,10 @@ bool QWindowSystemInterface::handleKeyEvent(QWindow *w, QEvent::Type t, int k, Q
 
 bool QWindowSystemInterface::handleKeyEvent(QWindow *tlw, ulong timestamp, QEvent::Type t, int k, Qt::KeyboardModifiers mods, const QString & text, bool autorep, ushort count)
 {
+#if defined(Q_OS_OSX)
     if (t == QEvent::KeyPress && QWindowSystemInterface::handleShortcutEvent(tlw, timestamp, k, mods, 0, 0, 0, text, autorep, count))
         return true;
+#endif
 
     QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::KeyEvent * e =
             new QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::KeyEvent(tlw, timestamp, t, k, mods, text, autorep, count);
@@ -275,10 +277,14 @@ bool QWindowSystemInterface::handleExtendedKeyEvent(QWindow *tlw, ulong timestam
                                                     const QString& text, bool autorep,
                                                     ushort count, bool tryShortcutOverride)
 {
+#if defined(Q_OS_OSX)
     if (tryShortcutOverride && type == QEvent::KeyPress && QWindowSystemInterface::handleShortcutEvent(tlw,
             timestamp, key, modifiers, nativeScanCode, nativeVirtualKey, nativeModifiers, text, autorep, count)) {
         return true;
     }
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(tryShortcutOverride)
+#endif
 
     QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::KeyEvent * e =
             new QWindowSystemInterfacePrivate::KeyEvent(tlw, timestamp, type, key, modifiers,