diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/taskwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/taskwindow.cpp
index 1f564db5d96..0b2e981e95e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/taskwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/taskwindow.cpp
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ void TaskWindow::showTask(unsigned int id)
     QModelIndex sourceIdx = d->m_model->index(sourceRow, 0);
     QModelIndex filterIdx = d->m_filter->mapFromSource(sourceIdx);
     d->m_listview->setCurrentIndex(filterIdx);
+    popup(false);
 }
 
 void TaskWindow::triggerDefaultHandler(const QModelIndex &index)