diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
index 5f067c128..b70fd2c56 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ class BaseTerminalController: NSWindowController,
             selector: #selector(ghosttyDidResizeSplit(_:)),
             name: Ghostty.Notification.didResizeSplit,
             object: nil)
+        center.addObserver(
+            self,
+            selector: #selector(ghosttyDidPresentTerminal(_:)),
+            name: Ghostty.Notification.ghosttyPresentTerminal,
+            object: nil)
 
         // Listen for local events that we need to know of outside of
         // single surface handlers.
@@ -700,6 +705,15 @@ class BaseTerminalController: NSWindowController,
         }
     }
 
+    @objc private func ghosttyDidPresentTerminal(_ notification: Notification) {
+        guard let target = notification.object as? Ghostty.SurfaceView else { return }
+        guard surfaceTree.contains(target) else { return }
+
+        // Bring the window to front and focus the surface without activating the app
+        window?.orderFrontRegardless()
+        Ghostty.moveFocus(to: target)
+    }
+
     // MARK: Local Events
 
     private func localEventHandler(_ event: NSEvent) -> NSEvent? {
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
index 4e9d039d4..3348ab714 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
@@ -627,12 +627,13 @@ extension Ghostty {
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_SEARCH_SELECTED:
                 searchSelected(app, target: target, v: action.action.search_selected)
 
+            case GHOSTTY_ACTION_PRESENT_TERMINAL:
+                return presentTerminal(app, target: target)
+
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_TOGGLE_TAB_OVERVIEW:
                 fallthrough
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_TOGGLE_WINDOW_DECORATIONS:
                 fallthrough
-            case GHOSTTY_ACTION_PRESENT_TERMINAL:
-                fallthrough
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_SIZE_LIMIT:
                 fallthrough
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_QUIT_TIMER:
@@ -845,6 +846,30 @@ extension Ghostty {
             }
         }
 
+        private static func presentTerminal(
+            _ app: ghostty_app_t,
+            target: ghostty_target_s
+        ) -> Bool {
+            switch (target.tag) {
+            case GHOSTTY_TARGET_APP:
+                return false
+
+            case GHOSTTY_TARGET_SURFACE:
+                guard let surface = target.target.surface else { return false }
+                guard let surfaceView = self.surfaceView(from: surface) else { return false }
+
+                NotificationCenter.default.post(
+                    name: Notification.ghosttyPresentTerminal,
+                    object: surfaceView
+                )
+                return true
+
+            default:
+                assertionFailure()
+                return false
+            }
+        }
+
         private static func closeTab(_ app: ghostty_app_t, target: ghostty_target_s, mode: ghostty_action_close_tab_mode_e) {
             switch (target.tag) {
             case GHOSTTY_TARGET_APP:
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
index b834ea31f..375e5c37b 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ extension Ghostty.Notification {
     /// New window. Has base surface config requested in userinfo.
     static let ghosttyNewWindow = Notification.Name("com.mitchellh.ghostty.newWindow")
 
+    /// Present terminal. Bring the surface's window to focus without activating the app.
+    static let ghosttyPresentTerminal = Notification.Name("com.mitchellh.ghostty.presentTerminal")
+
     /// Toggle fullscreen of current window
     static let ghosttyToggleFullscreen = Notification.Name("com.mitchellh.ghostty.toggleFullscreen")
     static let FullscreenModeKey = ghosttyToggleFullscreen.rawValue