diff --git a/qtdeclarative/src/quick/scenegraph/qsgthreadedrenderloop.cpp b/qtdeclarative/src/quick/scenegraph/qsgthreadedrenderloop.cpp
index da0e8bdc7c7..9b4324b659a 100644
--- a/qtdeclarative/src/quick/scenegraph/qsgthreadedrenderloop.cpp
+++ b/qtdeclarative/src/quick/scenegraph/qsgthreadedrenderloop.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
 #include <QtCore/QQueue>
 #include <QtCore/QTime>

+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#include <QtCore/private/qsystemlibrary_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/qoperatingsystemversion.h>
+#include <QtCore/qsysinfo.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <QtGui/QGuiApplication>
 #include <QtGui/QScreen>
 #include <QtGui/QOffscreenSurface>
@@ -119,6 +125,38 @@

 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

+namespace {
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+
+struct QWindowsUser32DLL {
+    void init();
+    inline bool isValid() const { return getWindowDpiAwarenessContext && setThreadDpiAwarenessContext; }
+
+    typedef DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT  (WINAPI *GetWindowDpiAwarenessContext)(HWND);
+    typedef DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT  (WINAPI *SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext)(DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT);
+
+    GetWindowDpiAwarenessContext getWindowDpiAwarenessContext = nullptr;
+    SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext setThreadDpiAwarenessContext = nullptr;
+};
+
+void QWindowsUser32DLL::init()
+{
+    QSystemLibrary library(QStringLiteral("user32"));
+
+    if (QOperatingSystemVersion::current() >= QOperatingSystemVersion(QOperatingSystemVersion::Windows, 10, 0, 14393))
+    {
+        getWindowDpiAwarenessContext = (GetWindowDpiAwarenessContext)library.resolve("GetWindowDpiAwarenessContext");
+        setThreadDpiAwarenessContext = (SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext)library.resolve("SetThreadDpiAwarenessContext");
+    }
+}
+
+QWindowsUser32DLL user32DLL;
+
+#endif
+
+}
+
 #define QSG_RT_PAD "                    (RT) %s"

 static inline int qsgrl_animation_interval() {
@@ -300,6 +338,10 @@ public:
         setStackSize(1024 * 1024);
 #endif
         vsyncDelta = qsgrl_animation_interval();
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+        user32DLL.init();
+#endif
     }

     ~QSGRenderThread()
@@ -1011,6 +1053,17 @@ void QSGRenderThread::run()
 #endif

         if (window) {
+            // On Windows we need to ensure to render with the window's DPI awareness, because
+            // by default every thread uses the process DPI awareness which might differ from the plugin
+            // window depending on the host. Ableton Live is known to run as DPI_UNAWARE process, but
+            // can provide DPI_AWARE plugin windows.
+            #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+            if (user32DLL.isValid())
+            {
+                user32DLL.setThreadDpiAwarenessContext(user32DLL.getWindowDpiAwarenessContext((HWND)window->winId()));
+            }
+            #endif
+
             if (enableRhi) {

                 ensureRhi();