diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
index e0cbae7ab..3dec01297 100644
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -342,10 +342,14 @@ screen_client_moveto(client_t *c, screen_t *new_screen, bool doresize)
 {
     screen_t *old_screen = c->screen;
     area_t from, to;
+    bool had_focus = false;
 
     if(new_screen == c->screen)
         return;
 
+    if (globalconf.focus.client == c)
+        had_focus = true;
+
     c->screen = new_screen;
 
     /* If client was on a screen, remove old tags */
@@ -358,6 +362,8 @@ screen_client_moveto(client_t *c, screen_t *new_screen, bool doresize)
         luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, c);
         luaA_object_emit_signal(globalconf.L, -1, "property::screen", 0);
         lua_pop(globalconf.L, 1);
+        if(had_focus)
+            client_focus(c);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -386,6 +392,8 @@ screen_client_moveto(client_t *c, screen_t *new_screen, bool doresize)
     luaA_object_push(globalconf.L, c);
     luaA_object_emit_signal(globalconf.L, -1, "property::screen", 0);
     lua_pop(globalconf.L, 1);
+    if(had_focus)
+        client_focus(c);
 }
 
 /** Push a screen onto the stack.