diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/BugReportDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/BugReportDialog.tsx
index 319f7db817f..ed706f97c5b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/BugReportDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/BugReportDialog.tsx
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ interface IState {
 
 export default class BugReportDialog extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     private unmounted: boolean;
+    private issueRef: React.RefObject<Field>;
 
     public constructor(props: IProps) {
         super(props);
+
         this.state = {
             sendLogs: true,
             busy: false,
@@ -66,7 +68,9 @@ export default class BugReportDialog extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             downloadBusy: false,
             downloadProgress: null,
         };
+
         this.unmounted = false;
+        this.issueRef = React.createRef();
 
         // Get all of the extra info dumped to the console when someone is about
         // to send debug logs. Since this is a fire and forget action, we do
@@ -79,6 +83,10 @@ export default class BugReportDialog extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         });
     }
 
+    public componentDidMount(): void {
+        this.issueRef.current?.focus();
+    }
+
     public componentWillUnmount(): void {
         this.unmounted = true;
     }
@@ -255,6 +263,7 @@ export default class BugReportDialog extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                         onChange={this.onIssueUrlChange}
                         value={this.state.issueUrl}
                         placeholder="https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/..."
+                        ref={this.issueRef}
                     />
                     <Field
                         className="mx_BugReportDialog_field_input"