diff --git a/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CEmbeddedFrame.java b/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CEmbeddedFrame.java
index 11f05b5bc05a753f2ad3df2bc0eadde11afb67b7..61479f6eb874693396db4be296a8387a9a695b3e 100644
--- a/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CEmbeddedFrame.java
+++ b/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CEmbeddedFrame.java
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ public class CEmbeddedFrame extends EmbeddedFrame {
                         : this;
             }
         }
-        // ignore focus "lost" native request as it may mistakenly
-        // deactivate active window (see 8001161)
         if (globalFocusedWindow == this) {
             responder.handleWindowFocusEvent(parentWindowActive, null);
         }
@@ -175,4 +173,18 @@ public class CEmbeddedFrame extends EmbeddedFrame {
         // another window.
         return globalFocusedWindow != null ? !globalFocusedWindow.isParentWindowActive() : true;
     }
+
+    public void synthesizeWindowActivation(boolean doActivate) {
+        if (isParentWindowActive() != doActivate) {
+            handleWindowFocusEvent(doActivate);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void updateGlobalFocusedWindow(CEmbeddedFrame newGlobalFocusedWindow) {
+        synchronized (classLock) {
+            if (newGlobalFocusedWindow.isParentWindowActive()) {
+                globalFocusedWindow = newGlobalFocusedWindow;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformEmbeddedFrame.java b/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformEmbeddedFrame.java
index ee5d7884b989f097d1826a4a44134c92e5c75c2c..2fbc31e323ce6354a38c75fca71b80a92097d470 100644
--- a/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformEmbeddedFrame.java
+++ b/src/macosx/classes/sun/lwawt/macosx/CPlatformEmbeddedFrame.java
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ public class CPlatformEmbeddedFrame implements PlatformWindow {
 
     @Override
     public boolean requestWindowFocus() {
+        CEmbeddedFrame.updateGlobalFocusedWindow(target);
+        target.synthesizeWindowActivation(true);
         return true;
     }