diff --git a/src/app/directives/auto-focus.ts b/src/app/directives/auto-focus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..874691689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/directives/auto-focus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// (C) Copyright 2015 Moodle Pty Ltd.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import { Directive, Input, OnInit, ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { CoreDomUtils } from '@services/utils/dom';
+import { CoreUtils } from '@services/utils/utils';
+
+/**
+ * Directive to auto focus an element when a view is loaded.
+ *
+ * You can apply it conditionallity assigning it a boolean value: <ion-input [core-auto-focus]="{{showKeyboard}}">
+ */
+@Directive({
+    selector: '[core-auto-focus]',
+})
+export class CoreAutoFocusDirective implements OnInit {
+
+    @Input('core-auto-focus') coreAutoFocus: boolean | string = true;
+
+    protected element: HTMLElement;
+
+    constructor(element: ElementRef) {
+        this.element = element.nativeElement;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Component being initialized.
+     */
+    ngOnInit(): void {
+        // @todo
+        // if (this.navCtrl.isTransitioning()) {
+        //     // Navigating to a new page. Wait for the transition to be over.
+        //     const subscription = this.navCtrl.viewDidEnter.subscribe(() => {
+        //         this.autoFocus();
+        //         subscription.unsubscribe();
+        //     });
+        // } else {
+        this.autoFocus();
+        // }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function after the view is initialized.
+     */
+    protected autoFocus(): void {
+        const autoFocus = CoreUtils.instance.isTrueOrOne(this.coreAutoFocus);
+        if (autoFocus) {
+            // Wait a bit to make sure the view is loaded.
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                // If it's a ion-input or ion-textarea, search the right input to use.
+                let element = this.element;
+                if (this.element.tagName == 'ION-INPUT') {
+                    element = this.element.querySelector('input') || element;
+                } else if (this.element.tagName == 'ION-TEXTAREA') {
+                    element = this.element.querySelector('textarea') || element;
+                }
+
+                CoreDomUtils.instance.focusElement(element);
+            }, 200);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/directives/directives.module.ts b/src/app/directives/directives.module.ts
index 11fb1fa22..f6cd92f94 100644
--- a/src/app/directives/directives.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/directives/directives.module.ts
@@ -13,16 +13,19 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { CoreAutoFocusDirective } from './auto-focus';
 import { CoreFormatTextDirective } from './format-text';
 import { CoreLongPressDirective } from './long-press.directive';
 
 @NgModule({
     declarations: [
+        CoreAutoFocusDirective,
         CoreFormatTextDirective,
         CoreLongPressDirective,
     ],
     imports: [],
     exports: [
+        CoreAutoFocusDirective,
         CoreFormatTextDirective,
         CoreLongPressDirective,
     ],