diff --git a/cli/src/declarations.ts b/cli/src/declarations.ts
index 4bd9b54cd..a0975a6be 100644
--- a/cli/src/declarations.ts
+++ b/cli/src/declarations.ts
@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ export interface CapacitorConfig {
      * @default false
      */
     webContentsDebuggingEnabled?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to give the webview initial focus.
+     *
+     * @since 7.0.0
+     * @default true
+     */
+    initialFocus?: boolean;
   };
 
   server?: {
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPBridgeViewController.swift b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPBridgeViewController.swift
index 6b50e85c1..93ab96c39 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPBridgeViewController.swift
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPBridgeViewController.swift
@@ -59,10 +59,17 @@ import Cordova
 
     override open func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
-        self.becomeFirstResponder()
         loadWebView()
     }
 
+    override open func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
+        super.viewDidAppear(animated)
+
+        if bridge?.config.hasInitialFocus ?? true {
+            self.webView?.becomeFirstResponder()
+        }
+    }
+
     override open func canPerformUnwindSegueAction(_ action: Selector, from fromViewController: UIViewController, withSender sender: Any) -> Bool {
         return false
     }
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceConfiguration.h b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceConfiguration.h
index 81ebe3d1b..171dbb463 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceConfiguration.h
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceConfiguration.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ NS_SWIFT_NAME(InstanceConfiguration)
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL allowLinkPreviews;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL handleApplicationNotifications;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL isWebDebuggable;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL hasInitialFocus;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL cordovaDeployDisabled;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentBehavior contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly, nonnull) NSURL *appLocation;
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceConfiguration.m b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceConfiguration.m
index 0bb8ecd8f..d6b7785e3 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceConfiguration.m
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceConfiguration.m
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithDescriptor:(CAPInstanceDescriptor *)descriptor isDebug:(
         _preferredContentMode = descriptor.preferredContentMode;
         _pluginConfigurations = descriptor.pluginConfigurations;
         _isWebDebuggable = descriptor.isWebDebuggable;
+        _hasInitialFocus = descriptor.hasInitialFocus;
         _legacyConfig = descriptor.legacyConfig;
         // construct the necessary URLs
         _localURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@://%@", descriptor.urlScheme, descriptor.urlHostname]];
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithConfiguration:(CAPInstanceConfiguration*)configuration a
         _allowLinkPreviews = configuration.allowLinkPreviews;
         _handleApplicationNotifications = configuration.handleApplicationNotifications;
         _isWebDebuggable = configuration.isWebDebuggable;
+        _hasInitialFocus = configuration.hasInitialFocus;
         _cordovaDeployDisabled = configuration.cordovaDeployDisabled;
         _contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = configuration.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior;
         // we don't care about internal usage of deprecated APIs and the framework should build cleanly
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.h b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.h
index 228b3a41d..f477ef55b 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.h
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.h
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ NS_SWIFT_NAME(InstanceDescriptor)
  @discussion Defaults to true in debug mode and false in production
  */
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL isWebDebuggable;
+/**
+ @brief Whether or not the webview will have focus.
+ @discussion Defaults to @c true.  Set by @c ios.initialFocus in the configuration file.
+ */
+@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL hasInitialFocus;
+
 /**
  @brief How the web view will inset its content
  @discussion Set by @c ios.contentInset in the configuration file. Corresponds to @c contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior on WKWebView.
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.m b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.m
index 6d3566776..2d7a4fba9 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.m
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.m
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ - (void)_setDefaultsWithAppLocation:(NSURL*)location {
     _allowLinkPreviews = YES;
     _handleApplicationNotifications = YES;
     _isWebDebuggable = NO;
+    _hasInitialFocus = YES;
     _contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = UIScrollViewContentInsetAdjustmentNever;
     _appLocation = location;
     _limitsNavigationsToAppBoundDomains = FALSE;
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.swift b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.swift
index 9645d005e..75b990b72 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.swift
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/CAPInstanceDescriptor.swift
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ internal extension InstanceDescriptor {
                 isWebDebuggable = true
                 #endif
             }
+            if let initialFocus = config[keyPath: "ios.initialFocus"] as? Bool {
+                hasInitialFocus = initialFocus
+            }
         }
     }
     // swiftlint:enable cyclomatic_complexity