diff --git a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreenwindow.cpp b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreenwindow.cpp
index 486bdbe6e..f1fa80ae5 100644
--- a/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreenwindow.cpp
+++ b/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/fullscreenwindow.cpp
@@ -259,6 +259,15 @@ void FullScreenWindow::syncMainItemToView()
 
     m_mainItem.data()->setProperty("width", m_view->width());
     m_mainItem.data()->setProperty("height", m_view->height());
+
+    if (m_declarativeItemContainer) {
+        m_view->resize(m_declarativeItemContainer->size().toSize());
+        m_view->setSceneRect(m_declarativeItemContainer->geometry());
+    } else {
+        QRectF itemGeometry(QPointF(m_mainItem.data()->x(), m_mainItem.data()->y()),
+                        QSizeF(m_mainItem.data()->boundingRect().size()));
+        m_view->setSceneRect(itemGeometry);
+    }
 }
 
 bool FullScreenWindow::isVisible() const