diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
index da9f0dd28a..3528c616f0 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/TocWidget.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ void TocWidget::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd)
 		cur.dispatch(tmpcmd);
 		// necessary to get the selection drawn.
 		cur.buffer()->changed(true);
+		gui_view_.setFocus();
 		break;
 
 	case LFUN_LABEL_COPY_AS_REF: {
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index b784b6b5e1..8435f8de42 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Made change-next work properly in tables (bug 6055).
 
+- Fix "Select Section" function in the Outliner (bug 8936).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION