diff --git a/search/index.md b/search/index.md
index 9a7448105d11..541d7cb9a7bf 100644
--- a/search/index.md
+++ b/search/index.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sitemap: false
 <!-- Search form -->
 <form method="get" action="{{ site.url }}/search/" data-search-form class="simple-search">
   <label for="q">Search {{ site.title }} for:</label>
-  <input type="search" name="q" id="q" placeholder="What are you looking for?" data-search-input id="goog-wm-qt" />
+  <input type="search" name="q" id="q" placeholder="What are you looking for?" data-search-input id="goog-wm-qt" autofocus />
   <input type="submit" value="Search" id="goog-wm-sb" />
 </form>
 
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ sitemap: false
   <li><article>
     <a href="##Url##">##Title## <span class="excerpt">##Excerpt##</span></a>
   </article></li>
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
+</script>