diff --git a/src/components/ha-wa-dialog.ts b/src/components/ha-wa-dialog.ts
index d89f784202..16b33d2322 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-wa-dialog.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-wa-dialog.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { fireEvent } from "../common/dom/fire_event";
 import { ScrollableFadeMixin } from "../mixins/scrollable-fade-mixin";
 import { haStyleScrollbar } from "../resources/styles";
 import type { HomeAssistant } from "../types";
+import { isIosApp } from "../util/is_ios";
 import "./ha-dialog-header";
 import "./ha-icon-button";
 
@@ -184,6 +185,21 @@ export class HaWaDialog extends ScrollableFadeMixin(LitElement) {
     await this.updateComplete;
 
     requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      if (isIosApp(this.hass)) {
+        const element = this.querySelector("[autofocus]");
+        if (element !== null) {
+          if (!element.id) {
+            element.id = "ha-wa-dialog-autofocus";
+          }
+          this.hass.auth.external!.fireMessage({
+            type: "focus_element",
+            payload: {
+              element_id: element.id,
+            },
+          });
+        }
+        return;
+      }
       (this.querySelector("[autofocus]") as HTMLElement | null)?.focus();
     });
   };