diff --git a/packages/api-generator/src/locale/en/VVirtualScroll.json b/packages/api-generator/src/locale/en/VVirtualScroll.json
index e3fc6099fe0..f2529013bbe 100644
--- a/packages/api-generator/src/locale/en/VVirtualScroll.json
+++ b/packages/api-generator/src/locale/en/VVirtualScroll.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "props": {
     "height": "Height of the component as a css value/",
-    "itemKey": "Required when using **dynamic-item-height** together with object items. Should point to a property with a unique value for each item.",
+    "itemKey": "Should point to a property with a unique value for each item, if not set then item index will be used as a key which may result in unnecessary re-renders.",
     "items": "The array of items to display.",
     "renderless": "Disables default component rendering functionality."
   },
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VAutocomplete/VAutocomplete.tsx b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VAutocomplete/VAutocomplete.tsx
index 7980fd6bede..a927163e371 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VAutocomplete/VAutocomplete.tsx
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VAutocomplete/VAutocomplete.tsx
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ export const VAutocomplete = genericComponent<new <
                         <VListItem key="no-data" title={ t(props.noDataText) } />
                       ))}
 
-                      <VVirtualScroll ref={ vVirtualScrollRef } renderless items={ displayItems.value }>
+                      <VVirtualScroll ref={ vVirtualScrollRef } renderless items={ displayItems.value } itemKey="value">
                         { ({ item, index, itemRef }) => {
                           const itemProps = mergeProps(item.props, {
                             ref: itemRef,
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VCombobox/VCombobox.tsx b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VCombobox/VCombobox.tsx
index e1921b8e3c7..3714f10fdd0 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VCombobox/VCombobox.tsx
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VCombobox/VCombobox.tsx
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ export const VCombobox = genericComponent<new <
                         <VListItem key="no-data" title={ t(props.noDataText) } />
                       ))}
 
-                      <VVirtualScroll ref={ vVirtualScrollRef } renderless items={ displayItems.value }>
+                      <VVirtualScroll ref={ vVirtualScrollRef } renderless items={ displayItems.value } itemKey="value">
                         { ({ item, index, itemRef }) => {
                           const itemProps = mergeProps(item.props, {
                             ref: itemRef,
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VSelect/VSelect.tsx b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VSelect/VSelect.tsx
index ad18b3bbf1f..36e59082df5 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VSelect/VSelect.tsx
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VSelect/VSelect.tsx
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ export const VSelect = genericComponent<new <
                         <VListItem key="no-data" title={ t(props.noDataText) } />
                       ))}
 
-                      <VVirtualScroll ref={ vVirtualScrollRef } renderless items={ displayItems.value }>
+                      <VVirtualScroll ref={ vVirtualScrollRef } renderless items={ displayItems.value } itemKey="value">
                         { ({ item, index, itemRef }) => {
                           const itemProps = mergeProps(item.props, {
                             ref: itemRef,
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/virtual.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/virtual.ts
index 4b1d12dc0f1..4cc3344bce4 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/virtual.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/virtual.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import { useResizeObserver } from '@/composables/resizeObserver'
 
 // Utilities
 import { computed, nextTick, onScopeDispose, ref, shallowRef, watch, watchEffect } from 'vue'
-import { clamp, debounce, IN_BROWSER, isObject, propsFactory } from '@/util'
+import { clamp, debounce, getPropertyFromItem, IN_BROWSER, propsFactory } from '@/util'
 
 // Types
-import type { Ref } from 'vue'
+import type { PropType, Ref } from 'vue'
+import type { SelectItemKey } from '@/util'
 
 const UP = -1
 const DOWN = 1
@@ -16,8 +17,9 @@ const DOWN = 1
 const BUFFER_PX = 100
 
 type VirtualProps = {
-  itemHeight?: number | string
-  height?: number | string
+  itemHeight: number | string | null | undefined
+  itemKey: SelectItemKey
+  height: number | string | undefined
 }
 
 export const makeVirtualProps = propsFactory({
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ export const makeVirtualProps = propsFactory({
     type: [Number, String],
     default: null,
   },
+  itemKey: {
+    type: [String, Array, Function] as PropType<SelectItemKey>,
+    default: null,
+  },
   height: [Number, String],
 }, 'virtual')
 
@@ -235,11 +241,14 @@ export function useVirtual <T> (props: VirtualProps, items: Ref<readonly T[]>) {
   }
 
   const computedItems = computed(() => {
-    return items.value.slice(first.value, last.value).map((item, index) => ({
-      raw: item,
-      index: index + first.value,
-      key: (isObject(item) && 'value' in item) ? item.value : index + first.value,
-    }))
+    return items.value.slice(first.value, last.value).map((item, index) => {
+      const _index = index + first.value
+      return {
+        raw: item,
+        index: _index,
+        key: getPropertyFromItem(item, props.itemKey, _index),
+      }
+    })
   })
 
   watch(items, () => {