diff --git a/src/interaction/InteractionManager.js b/src/interaction/InteractionManager.js
index f915104..8baf13a 100644
--- a/src/interaction/InteractionManager.js
+++ b/src/interaction/InteractionManager.js
@@ -804,6 +804,8 @@
             }
         }
 
+        let keepHitTestingAfterChildren = hitTest;
+
         // ** FREE TIP **! If an object is not interactive or has no buttons in it
         // (such as a game scene!) set interactiveChildren to false for that displayObject.
         // This will allow pixi to completely ignore and bypass checking the displayObjects children.
@@ -836,15 +838,20 @@
                     // This means we no longer need to hit test anything else. We still need to run
                     // through all objects, but we don't need to perform any hit tests.
 
-                    // {
-                    hitTest = false;
-                    // }
+                    keepHitTestingAfterChildren = false;
+
+                    if (child.interactive)
+                    {
+                        hitTest = false;
+                    }
 
                     // we can break now as we have hit an object.
                 }
             }
         }
 
+        hitTest = keepHitTestingAfterChildren;
+
         // no point running this if the item is not interactive or does not have an interactive parent.
         if (interactive)
         {

diff --git a/src/interaction/InteractionManager.js b/src/interaction/InteractionManager.js
index f915104..8baf13a 100644
--- a/src/interaction/InteractionManager.js
+++ b/src/interaction/InteractionManager.js
@@ -804,6 +804,8 @@
             }
         }
 
+        let keepHitTestingAfterChildren = hitTest;
+
         // ** FREE TIP **! If an object is not interactive or has no buttons in it
         // (such as a game scene!) set interactiveChildren to false for that displayObject.
         // This will allow pixi to completely ignore and bypass checking the displayObjects children.
@@ -836,15 +838,20 @@
                     // This means we no longer need to hit test anything else. We still need to run
                     // through all objects, but we don't need to perform any hit tests.
 
-                    // {
-                    hitTest = false;
-                    // }
+                    keepHitTestingAfterChildren = false;
+
+                    if (child.interactive)
+                    {
+                        hitTest = false;
+                    }
 
                     // we can break now as we have hit an object.
                 }
             }
         }
 
+        hitTest = keepHitTestingAfterChildren;
+
         // no point running this if the item is not interactive or does not have an interactive parent.
         if (interactive)
         {
diff --git a/test/interaction/InteractionManager.js b/test/interaction/InteractionManager.js
index a02e418..0e7e707 100644
--- a/test/interaction/InteractionManager.js
+++ b/test/interaction/InteractionManager.js
@@ -639,7 +639,6 @@
                     expect(scene.parentCallback).to.have.been.calledOnce;
                 });
 
-                /* TODO: Fix #3596
                 it('should callback parent and behind child when clicking overlap', function ()
                 {
                     const stage = new PIXI.Container();
@@ -657,7 +656,6 @@
                     expect(scene.frontChildCallback).to.not.have.been.called;
                     expect(scene.parentCallback).to.have.been.calledOnce;
                 });
-                */
 
                 it('should callback parent and behind child when clicking behind child', function ()
                 {