diff --git a/lib/components/term.tsx b/lib/components/term.tsx
index 81413188..16846184 100644
--- a/lib/components/term.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/term.tsx
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ export default class Term extends React.PureComponent<TermProps> {
 
   closeSearchBox = () => {
     this.props.onCloseSearch();
+    this.term.focus();
   };
 
   resize(cols: number, rows: number) {