diff --git a/gramps/gui/views/navigationview.py b/gramps/gui/views/navigationview.py
index 789a60b98..35dcaf7d2 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/views/navigationview.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/views/navigationview.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class NavigationView(PageView):
         """
         A dialog to move to a Gramps ID entered by the user.
         """
-        dialog = Gtk.Dialog(_('Jump to by Gramps ID'))
+        dialog = Gtk.Dialog(_('Jump to by Gramps ID'), self.uistate.window)
         dialog.set_border_width(12)
         label = Gtk.Label(label='<span weight="bold" size="larger">%s</span>' %
                           _('Jump to by Gramps ID'))