diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlDataContextTypeTransformer.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlDataContextTypeTransformer.cs
index 241976241f..c4d67deb4c 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlDataContextTypeTransformer.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlDataContextTypeTransformer.cs
@@ -74,11 +74,18 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions.Transformers
                     {
                         // Infer data type from collection binding on a control that displays items.
                         var parentObject = context.ParentNodes().OfType<XamlAstConstructableObjectNode>().FirstOrDefault();
-                        if (parentObject != null && context.GetAvaloniaTypes().IItemsPresenterHost.IsDirectlyAssignableFrom(parentObject.Type.GetClrType()))
+                        if (parentObject != null)
                         {
-                            inferredDataContextTypeNode = InferDataContextOfPresentedItem(context, on, parentObject);
+                            var parentType = parentObject.Type.GetClrType();
+
+                            if (context.GetAvaloniaTypes().IItemsPresenterHost.IsDirectlyAssignableFrom(parentType)
+                                || context.GetAvaloniaTypes().ItemsRepeater.IsDirectlyAssignableFrom(parentType))
+                            {
+                                inferredDataContextTypeNode = InferDataContextOfPresentedItem(context, on, parentObject);
+                            }
                         }
-                        else
+
+                        if (inferredDataContextTypeNode is null)
                         {
                             inferredDataContextTypeNode = new AvaloniaXamlIlUninferrableDataContextMetadataNode(on);
                         }
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes.cs
index 58ea11aa8f..f4ca76c21c 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlWellKnownTypes.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions.Transformers
 
         public IXamlType DataTemplate { get; }
         public IXamlType IItemsPresenterHost { get; }
+        public IXamlType ItemsRepeater { get; }
         public IXamlType ReflectionBindingExtension { get; }
 
         public IXamlType RelativeSource { get; }
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions.Transformers
             ResolveByNameExtension = cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.MarkupExtensions.ResolveByNameExtension");
             DataTemplate = cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Templates.DataTemplate");
             IItemsPresenterHost = cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("Avalonia.Controls.Presenters.IItemsPresenterHost");
+            ItemsRepeater = cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("Avalonia.Controls.ItemsRepeater");
             ReflectionBindingExtension = cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.MarkupExtensions.ReflectionBindingExtension");
             RelativeSource = cfg.TypeSystem.GetType("Avalonia.Data.RelativeSource");
         }