diff --git a/vaadin-grid-sorter.html b/vaadin-grid-sorter.html
index 947aca4aa..93f58e246 100644
--- a/vaadin-grid-sorter.html
+++ b/vaadin-grid-sorter.html
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
       }
     </style>
 
-    <div id="content">
+    <div id="content" on-focus="_onContentFocus">
       <content></content>
     </div>
     <div id="announcer" aria-hidden="true">
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@
         }
       },
 
+      /* Need to avoid IE11 from mistaking the content wrapper as activeElement */
+      _onContentFocus: function(e) {
+        e.target.blur();
+      },
+
       _getClosestCellContent: function() {
         var el = this;
         while (el = Polymer.dom(el).parentNode) {