diff --git a/crates/collab_ui/src/incoming_call_notification.rs b/crates/collab_ui/src/incoming_call_notification.rs
index 32b97274b355011cfeb2b2281209c55256f8c87d..e5c4b27d7e4abee3138d107c827b590261115331 100644
--- a/crates/collab_ui/src/incoming_call_notification.rs
+++ b/crates/collab_ui/src/incoming_call_notification.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pub fn init(cx: &mut MutableAppContext) {
                             )),
                             titlebar: None,
                             center: false,
+                            focus: false,
                             kind: WindowKind::PopUp,
                             is_movable: false,
                             screen: Some(screen),
diff --git a/crates/collab_ui/src/project_shared_notification.rs b/crates/collab_ui/src/project_shared_notification.rs
index e814ae2720096c6467db41e9510ee2e8aadcedfc..0815d9c8d8c02c6756f65c61ca0b4c5187d0b016 100644
--- a/crates/collab_ui/src/project_shared_notification.rs
+++ b/crates/collab_ui/src/project_shared_notification.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pub fn init(cx: &mut MutableAppContext) {
                         )),
                         titlebar: None,
                         center: false,
+                        focus: false,
                         kind: WindowKind::PopUp,
                         is_movable: false,
                         screen: Some(screen),
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform.rs
index d2aee035ff0ffc40d259982b2e9b8c5d302e668b..2920835c4944092d1b9c24250312369cba0f2512 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ pub struct WindowOptions<'a> {
     pub bounds: WindowBounds,
     pub titlebar: Option<TitlebarOptions<'a>>,
     pub center: bool,
+    pub focus: bool,
     pub kind: WindowKind,
     pub is_movable: bool,
     pub screen: Option<Rc<dyn Screen>>,
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ impl<'a> Default for WindowOptions<'a> {
                 traffic_light_position: Default::default(),
             }),
             center: false,
+            focus: true,
             kind: WindowKind::Normal,
             is_movable: true,
             screen: None,
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/window.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/window.rs
index 55340a172716f82d70f6dba6bc99b6553c535850..57c5c3711d23d228ddaa218f8b7dae68a3dbfb52 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/window.rs
@@ -514,7 +514,11 @@ impl Window {
                     );
                 }
             }
-            native_window.makeKeyAndOrderFront_(nil);
+            if options.focus {
+                native_window.makeKeyAndOrderFront_(nil);
+            } else {
+                native_window.orderFront_(nil);
+            }
 
             window.0.borrow().move_traffic_light();
             pool.drain();
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
index f54114891c929c86863893279022ac3318851112..2709e267c6efcfc825f65ac1f1c5f759ba8faa64 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ pub fn build_window_options() -> WindowOptions<'static> {
             traffic_light_position: Some(vec2f(8., 8.)),
         }),
         center: false,
+        focus: true,
         kind: WindowKind::Normal,
         is_movable: true,
         screen: None,