diff --git a/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoakeyboard.m b/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoakeyboard.m
index be5de9641..8dcabd150 100644
--- a/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoakeyboard.m
+++ b/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoakeyboard.m
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ Cocoa_HandleKeyEvent(_THIS, NSEvent *event)
             text = [[event characters] UTF8String];
             if(text && *text) {
                 SDL_SendKeyboardText(data->keyboard, text);
+                [data->fieldEdit setString:@""];
             }
         }
         break;