diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/selectItemsDialog.js b/chrome/content/zotero/selectItemsDialog.js
index b86f432888..f4bdf51c43 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/selectItemsDialog.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/selectItemsDialog.js
@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ var doLoad = async function () {
 
 	document.addEventListener('dialogaccept', doAccept);
 	
+	if (isSelectItemsDialog) {
+		// Set proper tab order. It is only needed in selectItemsDialog -- other dialogs' focus order is correct
+		document.querySelector("#zotero-tb-search").searchModePopup.parentNode.setAttribute("tabindex", 1);
+		document.querySelector("#zotero-tb-search").searchTextbox.inputField.setAttribute("tabindex", 2);
+		document.querySelector("#collection-tree").setAttribute("tabindex", 3);
+		document.querySelector("#zotero-items-tree .virtualized-table").setAttribute("tabindex", 4);
+		// On Windows, buttons are in a different order than on macOS, so set tabindex accordingly
+		let nextButtonTabindex = 5;
+		for (let button of [...document.querySelectorAll("button[dlgtype]:not([hidden])")]) {
+			button.setAttribute("tabindex", nextButtonTabindex++);
+		}
+	}
+	
 	// Used in tests
 	loaded = true;
 };