diff --git a/org.kde.desktop/CheckBox.qml b/org.kde.desktop/CheckBox.qml
--- a/org.kde.desktop/CheckBox.qml
+++ b/org.kde.desktop/CheckBox.qml
@@ -70,5 +70,9 @@
         visible: controlRoot.text
         horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignLeft
         verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+
+        FocusRect {
+            control: controlRoot
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/org.kde.desktop/RadioButton.qml b/org.kde.desktop/RadioButton.qml
--- a/org.kde.desktop/RadioButton.qml
+++ b/org.kde.desktop/RadioButton.qml
@@ -70,5 +70,9 @@
         visible: control.text
         horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignLeft
         verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+
+        FocusRect {
+            control: controlRoot
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/org.kde.desktop/private/FocusRect.qml b/org.kde.desktop/private/FocusRect.qml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.kde.desktop/private/FocusRect.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@privat.broulik.de>
+ * Copyright 2017 The Qt Company Ltd.
+ *
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+ * Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPLv3 included in the
+ * packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
+ * ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 requirements
+ * will be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html.
+ *
+ * GNU General Public License Usage
+ * Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License version 2.0 or later as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in
+ * the packaging of this file. Please review the following information to
+ * ensure the GNU General Public License version 2.0 requirements will be
+ * met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
+ */
+
+
+import QtQuick 2.6
+import org.kde.qqc2desktopstyle.private 1.0 as StylePrivate
+
+StylePrivate.StyleItem {
+    elementType: "focusrect"
+    // those random numbers come from QQC1 desktop style
+    anchors {
+        left: parent.left
+        top: parent.top
+        bottom: parent.bottom
+        leftMargin: parent.leftPadding - 2
+        topMargin: parent.topPadding - 1
+        bottomMargin: parent.bottomPadding - 1
+    }
+    width: parent.implicitWidth - parent.leftPadding - parent.rightPadding + 3
+    visible: control.activeFocus
+}