diff --git a/app/plug-in/gimppluginmanager-call.c b/app/plug-in/gimppluginmanager-call.c
index 5d8d646ab2..c528df185e 100644
--- a/app/plug-in/gimppluginmanager-call.c
+++ b/app/plug-in/gimppluginmanager-call.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 #include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
 #include <gegl.h>
 
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
 #include "libgimpbase/gimpprotocol.h"
 #include "libgimpbase/gimpwire.h"
@@ -49,6 +53,14 @@
 #include "gimp-intl.h"
 
 
+static void
+gimp_allow_set_foreground_window (GimpPlugIn *plug_in)
+{
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  AllowSetForegroundWindow (GetProcessId (plug_in->pid));
+#endif
+}
+
 /*  public functions  */
 
 void
@@ -330,6 +342,7 @@ gimp_plug_in_manager_call_run_temp (GimpPlugInManager      *manager,
 
           return return_vals;
         }
+      gimp_allow_set_foreground_window (plug_in);
 
       g_free (proc_run.params);
 
diff --git a/plug-ins/script-fu/script-fu-interface.c b/plug-ins/script-fu/script-fu-interface.c
index 6e5bcd7a16..54578511f4 100644
--- a/plug-ins/script-fu/script-fu-interface.c
+++ b/plug-ins/script-fu/script-fu-interface.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_QUARTZ
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+#elif defined (G_OS_WIN32)
+#include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "tinyscheme/scheme-private.h"
@@ -584,11 +586,20 @@ script_fu_interface (SFScript  *script,
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox2), sf_interface->progress_label,
                       FALSE, FALSE, 0);
   gtk_widget_show (sf_interface->progress_label);
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+    {
+      HWND foreground = GetForegroundWindow ();
+#endif
 
   gtk_widget_show (dialog);
 
   gtk_main ();
 
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+      if (! GetForegroundWindow ())
+        SetForegroundWindow (foreground);
+    }
+#endif
   return sf_status;
 }