diff --git a/lookandfeel/contents/lockscreen/LockScreenUi.qml b/lookandfeel/contents/lockscreen/LockScreenUi.qml
index 8c7c0fb0b..1112b8397 100644
--- a/lookandfeel/contents/lockscreen/LockScreenUi.qml
+++ b/lookandfeel/contents/lockscreen/LockScreenUi.qml
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ PlasmaCore.ColorScope {
             onKeyboardActiveChanged: {
                 if (keyboardActive) {
                     state = "visible";
+                    // Otherwise the password field loses focus and virtual keyboard
+                    // keystrokes get eaten
+                    mainBlock.mainPasswordBox.forceActiveFocus();
                 } else {
                     state = "hidden";
                 }
diff --git a/sddm-theme/Main.qml b/sddm-theme/Main.qml
index 43e444eb8..84fb5401d 100644
--- a/sddm-theme/Main.qml
+++ b/sddm-theme/Main.qml
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ PlasmaCore.ColorScope {
             onKeyboardActiveChanged: {
                 if (keyboardActive) {
                     state = "visible"
+                    // Otherwise the password field loses focus and virtual keyboard
+                    // keystrokes get eaten
+                    userListComponent.mainPasswordBox.forceActiveFocus();
                 } else {
                     state = "hidden";
                 }