diff --git a/focus.c b/focus.c
index 8c6a40585..bf1cde7f6 100644
--- a/focus.c
+++ b/focus.c
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ focus_get_latest_client_for_tags(Tag **t, int nindex)
     int i = 0;
 
     for(node = globalconf.focus; node; node = node->next)
-        if(node->client && !node->client->skip && node->client != globalconf.scratch.client)
+        if(node->client && !node->client->skip
+           && node->client != globalconf.scratch.client
+           || globalconf.scratch.isvisible)
             for(tags = t; *tags; tags++)
                 if(is_client_tagged(node->client, *tags))
                 {