diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 0b51b2b3f0..fbee52c827 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ namespace MWGui
                 double dt = frameTimer.time_s();
                 frameTimer.setStartTick();
 
+                mKeyboardNavigation->onFrame();
                 mMessageBoxManager->onFrame(dt);
                 MWBase::Environment::get().getInputManager()->update(dt, true, false);
 
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_interactive_messagebox_notransp.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_interactive_messagebox_notransp.layout
index 6b79b94178..f5a462977b 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_interactive_messagebox_notransp.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_interactive_messagebox_notransp.layout
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
             <Property key="WordWrap" value="true"/>
             <Property key="MultiLine" value="1"/>
             <Property key="VisibleVScroll" value="1"/>
+            <Property key="NeedKey" value="false"/>
         </Widget>
         <Widget type="Widget" skin="" position="0 0 500 400" align="Stretch" name="buttons">
         </Widget>