diff --git a/ghost/admin/components/gh-focus-input.js b/ghost/admin/components/gh-focus-input.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a3528705e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/admin/components/gh-focus-input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+var FocusInput = Ember.TextField.extend({
+    becomeFocused: function () {
+        this.$().val(this.$().val()).focus();
+    }.on('didInsertElement')
+});
+
+export default FocusInput;
diff --git a/ghost/admin/templates/editor/edit.hbs b/ghost/admin/templates/editor/edit.hbs
index 40927e39c9..a06d788053 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/templates/editor/edit.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/templates/editor/edit.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <header>
     <section class="box entry-title">
-        {{input type="text" id="entry-title" placeholder="Your Post Title" value=title tabindex="1"}}
+        {{gh-focus-input type="text" id="entry-title" placeholder="Your Post Title" value=title tabindex="1"}}
     </section>
 </header>