4 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquickview.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquickview.cpp
index 5b5413a4ba..a463f0a554 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquickview.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquickview.cpp
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ QQuickView::Status QQuickView::status() const
     if (!d->component)
         return QQuickView::Null;
 
+    if (d->component->status() == QQmlComponent::Ready && !d->root)
+        return QQuickView::Error;
+
     return QQuickView::Status(d->component->status());
 }
 
@@ -364,6 +367,10 @@ QList<QQmlError> QQuickView::errors() const
         QQmlError error;
         error.setDescription(QLatin1String("QQuickView: invalid qml engine."));
         errs << error;
+    } else if (d->component->status() == QQmlComponent::Ready && !d->root) {
+        QQmlError error;
+        error.setDescription(QLatin1String("QQuickView: invalid root object."));
+        errs << error;
     }
 
     return errs;
diff --git a/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp b/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
index 3bdf0bfc0a..f5b2122b60 100644
--- a/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/quickwidgets/qquickwidget.cpp
@@ -530,6 +530,9 @@ QQuickWidget::Status QQuickWidget::status() const
     if (!d->component)
         return QQuickWidget::Null;
 
+    if (d->component->status() == QQmlComponent::Ready && !d->root)
+        return QQuickWidget::Error;
+
     return QQuickWidget::Status(d->component->status());
 }
 
@@ -551,6 +554,10 @@ QList<QQmlError> QQuickWidget::errors() const
         QQmlError error;
         error.setDescription(QLatin1String("QQuickWidget: invalid qml engine."));
         errs << error;
+    } else if (d->component->status() == QQmlComponent::Ready && !d->root) {
+        QQmlError error;
+        error.setDescription(QLatin1String("QQuickWidget: invalid root object."));
+        errs << error;
     }
 
     return errs;
diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qquickview/data/error2.qml b/tests/auto/quick/qquickview/data/error2.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d754b64f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qquickview/data/error2.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import QtQuick.Window 2.0
+
+Window {
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qquickview/tst_qquickview.cpp b/tests/auto/quick/qquickview/tst_qquickview.cpp
index a980c69140..7ee24bf3d4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quick/qquickview/tst_qquickview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qquickview/tst_qquickview.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ void tst_QQuickView::errors()
         QVERIFY(view.status() == QQuickView::Error);
         QVERIFY(view.errors().count() == 1);
     }
+
+    {
+        QQuickView view;
+        QQmlTestMessageHandler messageHandler;
+        view.setSource(testFileUrl("error2.qml"));
+        QVERIFY(view.status() == QQuickView::Error);
+        QVERIFY(view.errors().count() == 1);
+        view.show();
+    }
 }
 
 void tst_QQuickView::engine()