diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
index ff929c08f7..e98786b9d9 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ void TocWidget::on_tocTV_pressed(QModelIndex const & index)
 	if (button & Qt::LeftButton) {
 		goTo(index);
 		gui_view_.setFocus();
+		gui_view_.activateWindow();
 	}
 }