diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QDialogView.C b/src/frontends/qt4/QDialogView.C
index efdc7368c9..60dadaf3ed 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QDialogView.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QDialogView.C
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void QDialogView::show()
 
 	if (form()->isVisible()) {
 		form()->raise();
+		form()->activateWindow();
 	} else {
 		form()->show();
 	}