diff --git a/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.js b/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.js
index 55c6c402f5..6420994147 100644
--- a/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.js
+++ b/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const UserFinder = {
   methods: {
     findUser (username) {
       this.$router.push({ name: 'user-search', query: { query: username } })
+      this.$refs.username.focus()
     },
     toggleHidden () {
       this.hidden = !this.hidden
diff --git a/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.vue b/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.vue
index 37d628fa70..2f8b8900fb 100644
--- a/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_finder/user_finder.vue
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       <i class="icon-spin4 user-finder-icon animate-spin-slow" v-if="loading" />
       <a href="#" v-if="hidden" :title="$t('finder.find_user')"><i class="icon-user-plus user-finder-icon" @click.prevent.stop="toggleHidden" /></a>
       <template v-else>
-        <input class="user-finder-input" @keyup.enter="findUser(username)" v-model="username" :placeholder="$t('finder.find_user')" id="user-finder-input" type="text"/>
+        <input class="user-finder-input" ref="username" @keyup.enter="findUser(username)" v-model="username" :placeholder="$t('finder.find_user')" id="user-finder-input" type="text"/>
         <button class="btn search-button" @click="findUser(username)">
           <i class="icon-search"/>
         </button>
diff --git a/src/components/user_search/user_search.js b/src/components/user_search/user_search.js
index 9c02627652..c8503add6f 100644
--- a/src/components/user_search/user_search.js
+++ b/src/components/user_search/user_search.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const userSearch = {
   methods: {
     newQuery (query) {
       this.$router.push({ name: 'user-search', query: { query } })
+      this.$refs.username.focus()
     },
     search (query) {
       if (!query) {
diff --git a/src/components/user_search/user_search.vue b/src/components/user_search/user_search.vue
index 3c2bd3fb3b..d981faeea3 100644
--- a/src/components/user_search/user_search.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_search/user_search.vue
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       {{$t('nav.user_search')}}
     </div>
     <div class="user-search-input-container">
-      <input class="user-finder-input" @keyup.enter="newQuery(username)" v-model="username" :placeholder="$t('finder.find_user')"/>
+      <input class="user-finder-input" ref="username" @keyup.enter="newQuery(username)" v-model="username" :placeholder="$t('finder.find_user')"/>
       <button class="btn search-button" @click="newQuery(username)">
         <i class="icon-search"/>
       </button>