src/quick/items/qquickpincharea.cpp | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/quick/items/qquickpincharea.cpp b/src/quick/items/qquickpincharea.cpp
index fd8971c..228b547 100644
--- a/src/quick/items/qquickpincharea.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/items/qquickpincharea.cpp
@@ -563,7 +563,9 @@ void QQuickPinchArea::updatePinch()
                         d->inPinch = true;
                         d->stealMouse = true;
                         if (d->pinch && d->pinch->target()) {
-                            d->pinchStartPos = pinch()->target()->position();
+                            d->pinchStartPos = pinch()->target()->parentItem()
+                                            ? pinch()->target()->parentItem()->mapToScene(pinch()->target()->position())
+                                            : pinch()->target()->position();
                             d->pinchStartScale = d->pinch->target()->scale();
                             d->pinchStartRotation = d->pinch->target()->rotation();
                             d->pinch->setActive(true);
@@ -611,8 +613,14 @@ void QQuickPinchArea::updatePinchTarget()
         s = qMin(qMax(pinch()->minimumScale(),s), pinch()->maximumScale());
         pinch()->target()->setScale(s);
         QPointF pos = d->sceneLastCenter - d->sceneStartCenter + d->pinchStartPos;
+        QPointF localPos;
+        if(pinch()->target()->parentItem())
+            localPos = pinch()->target()->parentItem()->mapFromScene(pos);
+        else
+            localPos = pos;
+
         if (pinch()->axis() & QQuickPinch::XAxis) {
-            qreal x = pos.x();
+            qreal x = localPos.x();
             if (x < pinch()->xmin())
                 x = pinch()->xmin();
             else if (x > pinch()->xmax())
@@ -620,7 +628,7 @@ void QQuickPinchArea::updatePinchTarget()
             pinch()->target()->setX(x);
         }
         if (pinch()->axis() & QQuickPinch::YAxis) {
-            qreal y = pos.y();
+            qreal y = localPos.y();
             if (y < pinch()->ymin())
                 y = pinch()->ymin();
             else if (y > pinch()->ymax())