diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/onboarding-checklist.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/onboarding-checklist.js
index b779e0d41d..4c5335319e 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/onboarding-checklist.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/onboarding-checklist.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class OnboardingChecklist extends Component {
 
     @action
     async confirmDismiss() {
-        this.dismissModal = this.modals.open(DismissModal);
+        this.dismissModal = this.modals.open(DismissModal, {}, {backgroundBlur: true});
 
         const reallyDismiss = await this.dismissModal;
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/onboarding/share-modal.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/onboarding/share-modal.js
index 80066f1b99..ce8b73ab5f 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/onboarding/share-modal.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/dashboard/onboarding/share-modal.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import {task} from 'ember-concurrency';
 export default class OnboardingShareModal extends Component {
     @inject config;
 
+    static modalOptions = {
+        backgroundBlur: true
+    };
+
     get encodedUrl() {
         return encodeURIComponent(this.config.blogUrl);
     }