diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-post-success.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-post-success.js
index 32ed28216c..74fcbe4729 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-post-success.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-post-success.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export default class PostSuccessModal extends Component {
     @service notifications;
 
     static modalOptions = {
-        className: 'fullscreen-modal-wide fullscreen-modal-action modal-post-success'
+        className: 'fullscreen-modal-wide fullscreen-modal-action modal-post-success',
+        backgroundBlur: true
     };
 
     get post() {