diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.cpp
index df9adf3238c..f426a088c92 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <QSlider>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QQuickItem>
+#include <QApplication>
 
 #include <math.h>
 
@@ -114,20 +115,20 @@ QmlProfilerTraceView::QmlProfilerTraceView(QWidget *parent, Analyzer::IAnalyzerT
     groupLayout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
     groupLayout->setSpacing(0);
 
-    d->m_mainView = new QQuickView();
+    d->m_mainView = new QmlProfilerQuickView(this);
     d->m_mainView->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
     QWidget *mainViewContainer = QWidget::createWindowContainer(d->m_mainView);
     mainViewContainer->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
 
     QHBoxLayout *toolsLayout = new QHBoxLayout;
 
-    d->m_timebar = new QQuickView();
+    d->m_timebar = new QmlProfilerQuickView(this);
     d->m_timebar->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
     QWidget *timeBarContainer = QWidget::createWindowContainer(d->m_timebar);
     timeBarContainer->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
     timeBarContainer->setFixedHeight(24);
 
-    d->m_overview = new QQuickView();
+    d->m_overview = new QmlProfilerQuickView(this);
     d->m_overview->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
     QWidget *overviewContainer = QWidget::createWindowContainer(d->m_overview);
     overviewContainer->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
@@ -407,6 +408,11 @@ void QmlProfilerTraceView::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Context menu
 void QmlProfilerTraceView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *ev)
+{
+    showContextMenu(ev->globalPos());
+}
+
+void QmlProfilerTraceView::showContextMenu(QPoint position)
 {
     QMenu menu;
     QAction *viewAllAction = 0;
@@ -431,7 +437,7 @@ void QmlProfilerTraceView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *ev)
         viewAllAction = menu.addAction(tr("Reset Zoom"));
     }
 
-    QAction *selectedAction = menu.exec(ev->globalPos());
+    QAction *selectedAction = menu.exec(position);
 
     if (selectedAction) {
         if (selectedAction == viewAllAction) {
@@ -509,5 +515,41 @@ void QmlProfilerTraceView::serverRecordingChanged()
     setRecording(d->m_profilerState->serverRecording());
 }
 
+bool QmlProfilerQuickView::event(QEvent *ev)
+{
+    // We assume context menus can only be triggered by mouse press, mouse release, or
+    // pre-synthesized events from the window system.
+
+    bool relayed = false;
+    switch (ev->type()) {
+    case QEvent::ContextMenu:
+        // In the case of mouse clicks the active popup gets automatically closed before they show
+        // up here. That's not necessarily the case with keyboard triggered context menu events, so
+        // we just ignore them if there is a popup already. Also, the event's pos() and globalPos()
+        // don't make much sense in this case, so we just put the menu in the upper left corner.
+        if (QApplication::activePopupWidget() == 0) {
+            ev->accept();
+            parent->showContextMenu(parent->mapToGlobal(QPoint(0,0)));
+            relayed = true;
+        }
+        break;
+    case QEvent::MouseButtonPress:
+    case QEvent::MouseButtonRelease: {
+        QMouseEvent *orig = static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(ev);
+        QCoreApplication::instance()->postEvent(parent->window()->windowHandle(),
+                new QMouseEvent(orig->type(), parent->window()->mapFromGlobal(orig->globalPos()),
+                                orig->button(), orig->buttons(), orig->modifiers()));
+        relayed = true;
+        break;
+    }
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    // QQuickView will eat mouse events even if they're not accepted by any QML construct. So we
+    // ignore the return value of event() above.
+    return QQuickView::event(ev) || relayed;
+}
+
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace QmlProfiler
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.h
index f1b16894f8c..02005d77ac3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public:
     bool hasValidSelection() const;
     qint64 selectionStart() const;
     qint64 selectionEnd() const;
+    void showContextMenu(QPoint position);
 
 public slots:
     void clearDisplay();
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ private slots:
 
 protected:
     virtual void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event);
+    virtual void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event);
 
 private slots:
     void profilerStateChanged();
@@ -117,7 +119,6 @@ signals:
     void resized();
 
 private:
-    void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *);
     QWidget *createToolbar();
 
     void setRecording(bool recording);
@@ -128,6 +129,14 @@ private:
     QmlProfilerTraceViewPrivate *d;
 };
 
+class QmlProfilerQuickView : public QQuickView {
+public:
+    QmlProfilerQuickView(QmlProfilerTraceView *parent) : parent(parent) {}
+protected:
+    QmlProfilerTraceView *parent;
+    bool event(QEvent *ev);
+};
+
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace QmlProfiler