diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kstandarditemlistwidget.cpp
@@ -1015,15 +1015,17 @@
 
     if (iconOnTop) {
         // Center horizontally and align on bottom within the icon-area
-        m_pixmapPos.setX((widgetSize.width() - m_scaledPixmapSize.width()) / 2);
+        m_pixmapPos.setX((widgetSize.width() - m_scaledPixmapSize.width()) / 2.0);
         m_pixmapPos.setY(padding + scaledIconSize - m_scaledPixmapSize.height());
     } else {
         // Center horizontally and vertically within the icon-area
         const TextInfo* textInfo = m_textInfo.value("text");
-        m_pixmapPos.setX(textInfo->pos.x() - 2 * padding
-                         - (scaledIconSize + m_scaledPixmapSize.width()) / 2);
-        m_pixmapPos.setY(padding
-                         + (scaledIconSize - m_scaledPixmapSize.height()) / 2);
+        m_pixmapPos.setX(textInfo->pos.x() - 2.0 * padding
+                      - (scaledIconSize + m_scaledPixmapSize.width()) / 2.0);
+
+        // Derive icon's vertical center from the center of the text frame
+        m_pixmapPos.setY(m_textRect.center().y() - (m_scaledPixmapSize.height() / 2.0));
+
     }
 
     m_iconRect = QRectF(m_pixmapPos, QSizeF(m_scaledPixmapSize));