diff --git a/suite/browser/navigator.js b/suite/browser/navigator.js
index fc0a8d44ab79..5206e990b12e 100644
--- a/suite/browser/navigator.js
+++ b/suite/browser/navigator.js
@@ -878,7 +878,9 @@ function BrowserHome()
     for (var i in homePage)
       URIs.push({URI: homePage[i]});
 
-    gBrowser.loadGroup(URIs);
+    var tab = gBrowser.loadGroup(URIs);
+    if (!pref.getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadInBackground"))
+      gBrowser.selectedTab = tab;
   }
 }