diff --git a/project/include/Display.h b/project/include/Display.h
index 90919ebdb..90eede2ec 100644
--- a/project/include/Display.h
+++ b/project/include/Display.h
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ class Stage : public DisplayObjectContainer
 
    virtual void setTitle(const std::string &) { }
    virtual std::string getTitle() { return ""; }
+   virtual void setTextInput(bool enable) { }
 
 
    DisplayObject *GetFocusObject() { return mFocusObject; }
diff --git a/project/include/TextField.h b/project/include/TextField.h
index 9d2150c74..db1428455 100644
--- a/project/include/TextField.h
+++ b/project/include/TextField.h
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class TextField : public DisplayObject
    bool IsCacheDirty();
    void SyncSelection();
    void Focus();
+   void Unfocus();
    void setCaretIndex(int inIndex);
 
 
diff --git a/project/src/common/TextField.cpp b/project/src/common/TextField.cpp
index 7b0b11268..cd926e990 100644
--- a/project/src/common/TextField.cpp
+++ b/project/src/common/TextField.cpp
@@ -600,9 +600,19 @@ void TextField::setSelection(int inStartIndex, int inEndIndex)
    SyncSelection();
 }
 
+void TextField::Unfocus()
+{
+   Stage *stage = getStage();
+   if (stage)
+      stage->setTextInput(false);
+}
+
 
 void TextField::Focus()
 {
+   Stage *stage = getStage();
+   if (stage)
+      stage->setTextInput(true);
 #if defined(IPHONE) || defined (ANDROID) || defined(WEBOS) || defined(BLACKBERRY) || defined(TIZEN)
   if (needsSoftKeyboard)
   {
diff --git a/project/src/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp b/project/src/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
index 82f756d11..d6316a1ec 100644
--- a/project/src/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
+++ b/project/src/sdl2/SDL2Stage.cpp
@@ -681,6 +681,16 @@ class SDLStage : public Stage
       SDL_SetWindowFullscreen(mSDLWindow, FullscreenMode);
       #endif
    }
+
+   void setTextInput(bool enable)
+   {
+      #ifdef NME_SDL3
+      if (enable)
+         SDL_StartTextInput(mSDLWindow);
+      else
+         SDL_StopTextInput(mSDLWindow);
+      #endif
+   }
    
 
    void SetScreenMode(ScreenMode m)