diff --git a/js/foundationExtendEBI.js b/js/foundationExtendEBI.js
index 1a1374309975b97d61de35e67db6bd8ab39e9799..9f6110210cf974fcf3c4d40fcbe84b1285b0c85c 100644
--- a/js/foundationExtendEBI.js
+++ b/js/foundationExtendEBI.js
@@ -191,7 +191,15 @@ if (jQuery('body').hasClass('google-analytics-loaded')) {
 
     })();
 
+    // Focus searchbox on global nav button click
+    // ---------
+    // Ideally we would have used Foundation's "data-auto-focus", but this came after the HTML was widely circulated
+    $('a[data-toggle="search-global-dropdown"]').click( function() {
+      if($(this).is(':not(.hover)')) { setTimeout(function() { $('input#global-searchbox').focus() }, 100); }
+    });
+
     // Link overlay images
+    // ---------
     $(function() {
       $('.with-overlay').on('click',function(e) {
         var href = $(this).find('a:first').attr('href') || '';