diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
index 50d961f2a6..e2816d82b1 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
@@ -447,7 +447,10 @@ private void initWebView() {
             Logger.debug("WebView background color not applied");
         }
 
-        webView.requestFocusFromTouch();
+        if (config.isInitialFocus()) {
+            webView.requestFocusFromTouch();
+        }
+
         WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(this.config.isWebContentsDebuggingEnabled());
     }
 
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
index 2e44503342..22f3db1a3c 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class CapConfig {
     private boolean captureInput = false;
     private boolean webContentsDebuggingEnabled = false;
     private boolean loggingEnabled = true;
+    private boolean initialFocus = true;
 
     // Embedded
     private String startPath;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ private CapConfig(Builder builder) {
         this.captureInput = builder.captureInput;
         this.webContentsDebuggingEnabled = builder.webContentsDebuggingEnabled;
         this.loggingEnabled = builder.loggingEnabled;
+        this.initialFocus = builder.initialFocus;
 
         // Embedded
         this.startPath = builder.startPath;
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ private void deserializeConfig(@Nullable Context context) {
                 loggingEnabled = isDebug;
         }
 
+        initialFocus = JSONUtils.getBoolean(configJSON, "android.initialFocus", initialFocus);
+
         // Plugins
         pluginsConfiguration = deserializePluginsConfig(JSONUtils.getObject(configJSON, "plugins"));
     }
@@ -243,6 +247,10 @@ public boolean isLoggingEnabled() {
         return loggingEnabled;
     }
 
+    public boolean isInitialFocus() {
+        return initialFocus;
+    }
+
     public PluginConfig getPluginConfiguration(String pluginId) {
         PluginConfig pluginConfig = pluginsConfiguration.get(pluginId);
         if (pluginConfig == null) {
@@ -398,6 +406,7 @@ public static class Builder {
         private boolean captureInput = false;
         private Boolean webContentsDebuggingEnabled = null;
         private boolean loggingEnabled = true;
+        private boolean initialFocus = false;
 
         // Embedded
         private String startPath = null;
@@ -496,5 +505,10 @@ public Builder setLoggingEnabled(boolean enabled) {
             this.loggingEnabled = enabled;
             return this;
         }
+
+        public Builder setInitialFocus(boolean focus) {
+            this.initialFocus = focus;
+            return this;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/declarations.ts b/cli/src/declarations.ts
index dc17d5befb..0c12bbb761 100644
--- a/cli/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/cli/src/declarations.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
      * @since 3.1.0
      */
     flavor?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to give the webview initial focus.
+     *
+     * @since 3.5.1
+     * @default true
+     */
+    initialFocus?: boolean;
   };
 
   ios?: {