diff --git a/src/components/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialog.vue b/src/components/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialog.vue
index ebfc9031e..d4fe0ca34 100644
--- a/src/components/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialog.vue
+++ b/src/components/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialog.vue
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
         <i :class="iconClass" />
         <span class="p-confirm-dialog-message">{{message}}</span>
         <template #footer>
-            <CDButton :label="rejectLabel" :icon="rejectIcon" :class="rejectClass" @click="reject()"/>
-            <CDButton :label="acceptLabel" :icon="acceptIcon" :class="acceptClass" @click="accept()" autofocus />
+            <CDButton :label="rejectLabel" :icon="rejectIcon" :class="rejectClass" @click="reject()" :autofocus="autoFocusReject"/>
+            <CDButton :label="acceptLabel" :icon="acceptIcon" :class="acceptClass" @click="accept()" :autofocus="autoFocusAccept" />
         </template>
     </CDialog>
 </template>
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ export default {
         },
         rejectClass() {
             return ['p-confirm-dialog-reject', this.confirmation ? (this.confirmation.rejectClass || 'p-button-text') : null];
+        },
+        autoFocusAccept() {
+            return this.confirmation.defaultFocus === 'accept' ? true : false;
+        },
+        autoFocusReject() {
+            // backward compatibility
+            return this.confirmation.defaultFocus !== 'accept' ? true : false;
         }
     },
     components: {
diff --git a/src/components/inputtext/InputText.vue b/src/components/inputtext/InputText.vue
index 05bc3b753..e485cc184 100755
--- a/src/components/inputtext/InputText.vue
+++ b/src/components/inputtext/InputText.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-    <input :class="['p-inputtext p-component', {'p-filled': filled}]" :value="modelValue" @input="onInput" />
+    <input :class="['p-inputtext p-component', {'p-filled': filled}]" :value="modelValue" @input="onInput" v-bind="$attrs" />
 </template>
 
 <script>
diff --git a/src/views/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialogDoc.vue b/src/views/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialogDoc.vue
index 40ec02a9c..b17e807df 100644
--- a/src/views/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialogDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/confirmdialog/ConfirmDialogDoc.vue
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ export default {
                         <td>true</td>
                         <td>Whether background scroll should be blocked when dialog is visible.</td>
                     </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>defaultFocus</td>
+                        <td>string</td>
+                        <td>null</td>
+                        <td>Element to receive the focus when the dialog gets visible, valid values are "accept" and "reject".</td>
+                    </tr>
                 </tbody>
             </table>
         </div>