diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Network/NetworkHandlers.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Network/NetworkHandlers.cs
index f22b8745f..ad723e3c4 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Network/NetworkHandlers.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Network/NetworkHandlers.cs
@@ -69,14 +69,16 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.Network {
                     contentFinderCondition.Image = 112324;
                 }
 
-                var flashInfo = new NativeFunctions.FLASHWINFO();
-                flashInfo.cbSize = (uint) Marshal.SizeOf<NativeFunctions.FLASHWINFO>();
-                flashInfo.uCount = uint.MaxValue;
-                flashInfo.dwTimeout = 0;
-                flashInfo.dwFlags = NativeFunctions.FlashWindow.FLASHW_TRAY |
-                                    NativeFunctions.FlashWindow.FLASHW_TIMERNOFG;
-                flashInfo.hwnd = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle;
-                NativeFunctions.FlashWindowEx(ref flashInfo);
+                if (!NativeFunctions.ApplicationIsActivated()) {
+                    var flashInfo = new NativeFunctions.FLASHWINFO();
+                    flashInfo.cbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf<NativeFunctions.FLASHWINFO>();
+                    flashInfo.uCount = uint.MaxValue;
+                    flashInfo.dwTimeout = 0;
+                    flashInfo.dwFlags = NativeFunctions.FlashWindow.FLASHW_ALL |
+                                        NativeFunctions.FlashWindow.FLASHW_TIMERNOFG;
+                    flashInfo.hwnd = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle;
+                    NativeFunctions.FlashWindowEx(ref flashInfo);
+                }
 
                 Task.Run(async () => {
                     this.dalamud.Framework.Gui.Chat.Print("Duty pop: " + contentFinderCondition.Name);
diff --git a/Dalamud/NativeFunctions.cs b/Dalamud/NativeFunctions.cs
index 1b5f8a5be..37988eb48 100644
--- a/Dalamud/NativeFunctions.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/NativeFunctions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
@@ -58,6 +59,28 @@ namespace Dalamud
 
         #endregion
 
+        /// <summary>Returns true if the current application has focus, false otherwise</summary>
+        public static bool ApplicationIsActivated()
+        {
+            var activatedHandle = GetForegroundWindow();
+            if (activatedHandle == IntPtr.Zero)
+            {
+                return false;       // No window is currently activated
+            }
+
+            var procId = Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
+            int activeProcId;
+            GetWindowThreadProcessId(activatedHandle, out activeProcId);
+
+            return activeProcId == procId;
+        }
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
+        private static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
+
+        [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
+        private static extern int GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr handle, out int processId);
+
         [DllImport("user32.dll")]
         [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
         public static extern bool FlashWindowEx(ref FLASHWINFO pwfi);