diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 8234e28da23c6c80c75acd5ac64b1404aea2eb61..8670ce4979593f6a14974f26104162ea49c743c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -1034,7 +1034,10 @@ bool BaseTextEditor::event(QEvent *e)
     d->m_contentsChanged = false;
     switch (e->type()) {
     case QEvent::ShortcutOverride:
-        e->ignore(); // we are a really nice citizen
+        if (static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(e)->key() == Qt::Key_Backspace)
+            e->accept();
+        else
+            e->ignore(); // we are a really nice citizen
         return true;
     default:
         break;