diff --git a/awesomerc.lua.in b/awesomerc.lua.in
index 2b77100bc..3fa717ad5 100644
--- a/awesomerc.lua.in
+++ b/awesomerc.lua.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ mytaglist:set("text_focus", "<bg color=\"#555555\"/> <title/> ")
 
 -- Create a tasklist widget
 mytasklist = widget.new({ type = "tasklist", name = "mytasklist" })
-mytasklist:mouse({ }, 1, function (c) c:focus_set() end)
+mytasklist:mouse({ }, 1, function (c) c:focus_set(); c:raise() end)
 mytasklist:mouse({ }, 4, function () awful.client.focus(1) end)
 mytasklist:mouse({ }, 5, function () awful.client.focus(-1) end)
 mytasklist:set("text_focus", "<bg color=\"#555555\"/> <title/> ")