diff --git a/tests/dialog.ui b/tests/dialog.ui
index 4eb828ae65..58d3f34765 100644
--- a/tests/dialog.ui
+++ b/tests/dialog.ui
@@ -255,5 +255,6 @@
       <action-widget response="-6">cancel_button</action-widget>
       <action-widget response="apply">confirm_button</action-widget>
     </action-widgets>
+    <initial-focus name="name_entry"/>
   </object>
 </interface>