diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index 92a841d72..3fffbcfb7 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -1644,6 +1644,8 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         except webelem.Error as e:
             raise cmdexc.CommandError(str(e))
 
+        mainwindow.raise_window(objreg.last_focused_window(), alert=False)
+
     @cmdutils.register(instance='command-dispatcher', maxsplit=0,
                        scope='window')
     def insert_text(self, text):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/mainwindow.py b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/mainwindow.py
index 3adce7567..dff465c41 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/mainwindow.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/mainwindow.py
@@ -94,13 +94,15 @@ def get_window(via_ipc, force_window=False, force_tab=False,
     return window.win_id
 
 
-def raise_window(window):
+def raise_window(window, alert=True):
     """Raise the given MainWindow object."""
     window.setWindowState(window.windowState() & ~Qt.WindowMinimized)
     window.setWindowState(window.windowState() | Qt.WindowActive)
     window.raise_()
     window.activateWindow()
-    QApplication.instance().alert(window)
+
+    if alert:
+        QApplication.instance().alert(window)
 
 
 # WORKAROUND for https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/1770