diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquicklistview.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquicklistview.cpp
index 70c95ad624..b834e4514a 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquicklistview.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquicklistview.cpp
@@ -1062,16 +1062,20 @@ QQuickItem * QQuickListViewPrivate::getSectionItem(const QString &section)
         QQmlContext *context = QQmlEngine::contextForObject(sectionItem)->parentContext();
         setSectionHelper(context, sectionItem, section);
     } else {
-        QQmlContext *creationContext = sectionCriteria->delegate()->creationContext();
-        QQmlContext *context = new QQmlContext(
-                creationContext ? creationContext : qmlContext(q));
         QQmlComponent* delegate = sectionCriteria->delegate();
-        QQmlComponentPrivate* delegatePriv = QQmlComponentPrivate::get(delegate);
+        const bool reuseExistingContext = delegate->isBound();
+        auto delegatePriv = QQmlComponentPrivate::get(delegate);
+        QQmlPropertyCache::ConstPtr rootPropertyCache;
+
+        QQmlContext *creationContext = sectionCriteria->delegate()->creationContext();
+        auto baseContext = creationContext ? creationContext : qmlContext(q);
+        // if we need to insert a context property, we need a separate context
+        QQmlContext *context = reuseExistingContext ? baseContext : new QQmlContext(baseContext);
         QObject *nobj = delegate->beginCreate(context);
         if (nobj) {
             if (delegatePriv->hadTopLevelRequiredProperties()) {
                 delegate->setInitialProperties(nobj, {{QLatin1String("section"), section}});
-            } else {
+            } else if (!reuseExistingContext) {
                 context->setContextProperty(QLatin1String("section"), section);
             }
             QQml_setParent_noEvent(context, nobj);
@@ -1087,7 +1091,7 @@ QQuickItem * QQuickListViewPrivate::getSectionItem(const QString &section)
             // sections are not controlled by FxListItemSG, so apply attached properties here
             QQuickItemViewAttached *attached = static_cast<QQuickItemViewAttached*>(qmlAttachedPropertiesObject<QQuickListView>(sectionItem));
             attached->setView(q);
-        } else {
+        } else if (!reuseExistingContext) {
             delete context;
         }
         sectionCriteria->delegate()->completeCreate();
@@ -1974,7 +1978,7 @@ bool QQuickListViewPrivate::flick(AxisData &data, qreal minExtent, qreal maxExte
 
 void QQuickListViewPrivate::setSectionHelper(QQmlContext *context, QQuickItem *sectionItem, const QString &section)
 {
-    if (context->contextProperty(QLatin1String("section")).isValid())
+    if (!QQmlContextData::get(context)->isInternal() && context->contextProperty(QLatin1String("section")).isValid())
         context->setContextProperty(QLatin1String("section"), section);
     else
         sectionItem->setProperty("section", section);
diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview2/data/sectionBoundComponent.qml b/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview2/data/sectionBoundComponent.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbb966ae28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview2/data/sectionBoundComponent.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+import QtQuick
+ListView {
+   id: view
+    model: ListModel {
+        ListElement { name: "foo"; age: 42  }
+        ListElement { name: "bar"; age: 13  }
+    }
+    delegate: Text { required property string name; text: name}
+    section.property: "age"
+    section.delegate: Rectangle { color: "gray"; width: view.width; height: 20; required property string section; Text {text: parent.section} }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview2/tst_qquicklistview2.cpp b/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview2/tst_qquicklistview2.cpp
index 117ec0c94d..08b03e19d0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview2/tst_qquicklistview2.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qquicklistview2/tst_qquicklistview2.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ private slots:
 
     void pullbackSparseList();
     void highlightWithBound();
+    void sectionIsCompatibleWithBoundComponents();
 
 private:
     void flickWithTouch(QQuickWindow *window, const QPoint &from, const QPoint &to);
@@ -946,6 +947,19 @@ void tst_QQuickListView2::highlightWithBound()
     QCOMPARE(highlight->objectName(), QStringLiteral("highlight"));
 }
 
+void tst_QQuickListView2::sectionIsCompatibleWithBoundComponents()
+{
+    QTest::failOnWarning(".?");
+    QQmlEngine engine;
+    QQmlComponent c(&engine, testFileUrl("sectionBoundComponent.qml"));
+    QVERIFY2(c.isReady(), qPrintable(c.errorString()));
+    QScopedPointer<QObject> o(c.create());
+    QVERIFY(!o.isNull());
+    QQuickListView *listView = qobject_cast<QQuickListView *>(o.data());
+    QVERIFY(listView);
+    QTRY_COMPARE(listView->currentSection(), "42");
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QQuickListView2)
 
 #include "tst_qquicklistview2.moc"