diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/src/GridList.tsx b/packages/react-aria-components/src/GridList.tsx
index dc767937f2d..fb09a118cea 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/src/GridList.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/src/GridList.tsx
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ import {
   SelectableCollectionContextValue
 } from './Autocomplete';
 import {filterDOMProps} from 'react-aria/filterDOMProps';
-import {FocusScope} from 'react-aria/FocusScope';
 import {
+  FocusEvents,
   forwardRefType,
   GlobalDOMAttributes,
   HoverEvents,
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ import {
   PressEvents,
   RefObject
 } from '@react-types/shared';
+import {FocusScope} from 'react-aria/FocusScope';
 import {
   HeaderNode,
   ItemNode,
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ import {SelectionIndicatorContext} from './SelectionIndicator';
 import {SharedElementTransition} from './SharedElementTransition';
 import {TextContext} from './Text';
 import {useCollator} from 'react-aria/useCollator';
+import {useFocus} from 'react-aria/useFocus';
 import {useFocusRing} from 'react-aria/useFocusRing';
 import {useHover} from 'react-aria/useHover';
 import {useLocale} from 'react-aria/I18nProvider';
@@ -486,6 +488,7 @@ export interface GridListItemProps<T = object>
     LinkDOMProps,
     HoverEvents,
     PressEvents,
+    FocusEvents<HTMLDivElement>,
     Omit<GlobalDOMAttributes<HTMLDivElement>, 'onClick'> {
   /**
    * The CSS [className](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/className) for the
@@ -556,6 +559,7 @@ export const GridListItem = /*#__PURE__*/ createLeafComponent(ItemNode, function
     onHoverEnd: item.props.onHoverEnd
   });
 
+  let {focusProps: focusEventProps} = useFocus(props);
   let {isFocusVisible, focusProps} = useFocusRing();
   let {isFocusVisible: isFocusVisibleWithin, focusProps: focusWithinProps} = useFocusRing({
     within: true
@@ -650,6 +654,7 @@ export const GridListItem = /*#__PURE__*/ createLeafComponent(ItemNode, function
           DOMProps,
           renderProps,
           rowProps,
+          focusEventProps,
           focusProps,
           focusWithinProps,
           hoverProps,
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/stories/GridList.stories.tsx b/packages/react-aria-components/stories/GridList.stories.tsx
index 5c3ba1cf921..0962cd39e15 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/stories/GridList.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/stories/GridList.stories.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,31 @@ export const GridListExample: GridListStory = args => {
   );
 };
 
+export const ItemFocusEvents: GridListStory = args => (
+  <div>
+    <p>
+      Tab into the list, use the arrow keys, or click an item. Focus events appear in the Actions
+      panel.
+    </p>
+    <GridList {...args} aria-label="Item focus events" className={styles.menu} style={{width: 300}}>
+      {['Cat', 'Dog', 'Kangaroo'].map(name => (
+        <GridListItem
+          key={name}
+          id={name}
+          onFocus={action(name + ': onFocus')}
+          onBlur={action(name + ': onBlur')}
+          onFocusChange={action(name + ': onFocusChange')}
+          className={({isFocusVisible}) => classNames(styles, 'item', {focused: isFocusVisible})}>
+          {name}
+        </GridListItem>
+      ))}
+    </GridList>
+    <Button>After the list</Button>
+  </div>
+);
+
+ItemFocusEvents.args = {selectionMode: 'single'};
+
 export const MyGridListItem = (props: GridListItemProps) => {
   return (
     <GridListItem
diff --git a/packages/react-aria-components/test/GridList.test.js b/packages/react-aria-components/test/GridList.test.js
index 62619ed95d9..58b122ef07d 100644
--- a/packages/react-aria-components/test/GridList.test.js
+++ b/packages/react-aria-components/test/GridList.test.js
@@ -1940,6 +1940,121 @@ describe('GridList', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('item focus events', () => {
+    it.each(['keyboard', 'mouse'])(
+      'should report item focus transitions using %s',
+      async interactionType => {
+        let onFocus = jest.fn();
+        let onBlur = jest.fn();
+        let onFocusChange = jest.fn();
+        let itemProps = {
+          onFocus: e => onFocus(e.target),
+          onBlur: e => onBlur(e.target),
+          onFocusChange
+        };
+        let {getAllByRole, getByRole} = render(
+          <>
+            <button>Before</button>
+            <GridList aria-label="Test" selectionMode="single">
+              <GridListItem id="cat" {...itemProps}>
+                Cat
+              </GridListItem>
+              <GridListItem id="dog" {...itemProps}>
+                Dog
+              </GridListItem>
+            </GridList>
+            <button>After</button>
+          </>
+        );
+        let rows = getAllByRole('row');
+
+        if (interactionType === 'keyboard') {
+          await user.tab();
+          await user.tab();
+        } else {
+          await user.click(rows[0]);
+        }
+        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[0]);
+        expect(rows[0]).toHaveAttribute('data-focused', 'true');
+        expect(onFocus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(onFocus).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(rows[0]);
+        expect(onBlur).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(onFocusChange.mock.calls).toEqual([[true]]);
+
+        if (interactionType === 'keyboard') {
+          expect(rows[0]).toHaveAttribute('data-focus-visible', 'true');
+          await user.keyboard('{ArrowDown}');
+        } else {
+          expect(rows[0]).not.toHaveAttribute('data-focus-visible');
+          await user.click(rows[1]);
+        }
+        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(rows[1]);
+        expect(onFocus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(onFocus).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(rows[1]);
+        expect(onBlur).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(onBlur).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(rows[0]);
+        expect(onFocusChange.mock.calls).toEqual([[true], [false], [true]]);
+
+        if (interactionType === 'keyboard') {
+          await user.tab();
+        } else {
+          await user.click(getByRole('button', {name: 'After'}));
+        }
+        expect(document.activeElement).toBe(getByRole('button', {name: 'After'}));
+        expect(onBlur).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(onBlur).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(rows[1]);
+        expect(onFocusChange.mock.calls).toEqual([[true], [false], [true], [false]]);
+      }
+    );
+
+    it('should not report focus changes when a focused item rerenders', async () => {
+      let onFocusChange = jest.fn();
+      let example = label => (
+        <GridList aria-label="Test">
+          <GridListItem id="cat" onFocusChange={onFocusChange}>
+            {label}
+          </GridListItem>
+        </GridList>
+      );
+      let {rerender, getByRole} = render(example('Cat'));
+      await user.tab();
+      expect(onFocusChange.mock.calls).toEqual([[true]]);
+      rerender(example('Updated cat'));
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(getByRole('row'));
+      expect(onFocusChange.mock.calls).toEqual([[true]]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not report descendant focus as item focus', async () => {
+      let onFocus = jest.fn();
+      let onBlur = jest.fn();
+      let onFocusChange = jest.fn();
+      let {getByRole} = render(
+        <GridList aria-label="Test">
+          <GridListItem
+            textValue="Cat"
+            onFocus={onFocus}
+            onBlur={onBlur}
+            onFocusChange={onFocusChange}>
+            Cat <Button>First action</Button>
+            <Button>Second action</Button>
+          </GridListItem>
+        </GridList>
+      );
+      await user.tab();
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(getByRole('row'));
+      expect(onFocusChange.mock.calls).toEqual([[true]]);
+      await user.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(getByRole('button', {name: 'First action'}));
+      expect(onFocusChange.mock.calls).toEqual([[true], [false]]);
+      await user.keyboard('{ArrowRight}');
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(getByRole('button', {name: 'Second action'}));
+      expect(onFocus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(onBlur).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(onFocusChange.mock.calls).toEqual([[true], [false]]);
+      expect(getByRole('row')).toHaveAttribute('data-focus-visible-within', 'true');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('press events', () => {
     it.each`
       interactionType