diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
index c621a9b69..5b0e22a6e 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/CapConfig.java
@@ -299,7 +299,11 @@ private void deserializeConfig(@Nullable Context context) {
                 loggingEnabled = isDebug;
         }
 
-        initialFocus = JSONUtils.getBoolean(configJSON, "android.initialFocus", initialFocus);
+        initialFocus = JSONUtils.getBoolean(
+            configJSON,
+            "android.initialFocus",
+            JSONUtils.getBoolean(configJSON, "initialFocus", initialFocus)
+        );
 
         // Plugins
         pluginsConfiguration = deserializePluginsConfig(JSONUtils.getObject(configJSON, "plugins"));
diff --git a/cli/src/declarations.ts b/cli/src/declarations.ts
index a0975a6be..1199463d6 100644
--- a/cli/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/cli/src/declarations.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
    */
   zoomEnabled?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether to give the webview initial focus.
+   *
+   * @since 7.0.0
+   * @default true
+   */
+  initialFocus?: boolean;
+
   android?: {
     /**
      * Specify a custom path to the native Android project.
@@ -191,6 +199,8 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
     /**
      * Whether to give the webview initial focus.
      *
+     * Overrides global `initialFocus` option.
+     *
      * @since 3.5.1
      * @default true
      */
@@ -453,6 +463,8 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
     /**
      * Whether to give the webview initial focus.
      *
+     * Overrides global `initialFocus` option.
+     *
      * @since 7.0.0
      * @default true
      */
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.swift b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.swift
index df3c25ff2..029a5b5a8 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.swift
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.swift
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ internal extension InstanceDescriptor {
                 isWebDebuggable = true
                 #endif
             }
-            if let initialFocus = config[keyPath: "ios.initialFocus"] as? Bool {
+            if let initialFocus = (config[keyPath: "ios.initialFocus"] as? Bool) ?? (config[keyPath: "initialFocus"] as? Bool) {
                 hasInitialFocus = initialFocus
             }
         }