diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PythonDebugConsoleView.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PythonDebugConsoleView.java
index c3b413d9ff56..5193c864c7c4 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PythonDebugConsoleView.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PythonDebugConsoleView.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.intellij.execution.ui.ConsoleViewContentType;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Document;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.ex.EditorEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.IdeFocusManager;
 import com.jetbrains.python.PythonLanguage;
 import com.jetbrains.python.console.pydev.ConsoleCommunication;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ public class PythonDebugConsoleView extends LanguageConsoleViewImpl {
     getPythonLanguageConsole().setConsoleCommunication(communication);
   }
 
+  public void requestFocus() {
+    IdeFocusManager.findInstance().requestFocus(getPythonLanguageConsole().getConsoleEditor().getContentComponent(), true);
+  }
+
   private PythonLanguageConsole getPythonLanguageConsole() {
     return ((PythonLanguageConsole)myConsole);
   }
@@ -49,7 +54,6 @@ public class PythonDebugConsoleView extends LanguageConsoleViewImpl {
     protected void appendToHistoryDocument(@NotNull Document history, @NotNull String text) {
       myPythonDebugConsoleView.beforeExternalAddContentToDocument(text.length(), ConsoleViewContentType.NORMAL_OUTPUT);
       super.appendToHistoryDocument(history, text);
-
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PythonDebugLanguageConsoleView.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PythonDebugLanguageConsoleView.java
index b522c671afe0..3802fecf13e3 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PythonDebugLanguageConsoleView.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/console/PythonDebugLanguageConsoleView.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class PythonDebugLanguageConsoleView extends JPanel implements ConsoleVie
   public void showDebugConsole(boolean flag) {
     if (flag) {
       doShowConsole(PYDEV_CONSOLE_PANEL);
+      myPydevConsoleView.requestFocus();
     }
     else {
       doShowConsole(TEXT_CONSOLE_PANEL);