diff --git a/src/gtk/window.cpp b/src/gtk/window.cpp
index 9e62caac35..74ba1ce2b7 100644
--- a/src/gtk/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/window.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "wx/tooltip.h"
 #include "wx/caret.h"
 #include "wx/fontutil.h"
+#include "wx/scopeguard.h"
 #include "wx/sysopt.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -4018,6 +4019,14 @@ bool wxWindowGTK::DoPopupMenu( wxMenu *menu, int x, int y )
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( m_widget != NULL, false, wxT("invalid window") );
 
+    // For compatibility with other ports, pretend that the window showing the
+    // menu has focus while the menu is shown. This is needed because the popup
+    // menu actually steals the focus from the window it's associated it in
+    // wxGTK unlike, say, wxMSW.
+    wxWindowGTK* const oldPendingFocus = gs_pendingFocus;
+    gs_pendingFocus = this;
+    wxON_BLOCK_EXIT_SET( gs_pendingFocus, oldPendingFocus );
+
     menu->UpdateUI();
 
     wxPoint pos;