diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.interface.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.interface.js
index 0cfbb8e1..3234596c 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.interface.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.interface.js
@@ -329,10 +329,13 @@
 					}
 				} else {
 					mw.loader.using( languageSettingsModules, function () {
-						$trigger.languagesettings();
-
-						$trigger.trigger( 'click' );
+						$trigger.languagesettings( { autoOpen: true } );
+						mw.hook( 'mw.uls.settings.open' ).fire( 'personal' );
 					} );
+					// Stop propagating the event to avoid closing the languagesettings dialog
+					// when the event propagates to the document click handler inside
+					// languagesettings
+					e.stopPropagation();
 				}
 			};
 		} else {
diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.languagesettings.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.languagesettings.js
index 064dbff9..b7acf5f9 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.languagesettings.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.languagesettings.js
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 		this.$applyButton = this.$window.find( '.uls-settings-apply' );
 		this.init();
 		this.listen();
+
+		if ( options.autoOpen ) {
+			this.show();
+		}
 	}
 
 	LanguageSettings.prototype = {
@@ -318,7 +322,8 @@
 		top: null, // DEPRECATED: Top position of this window
 		left: null, // DEPRECATED: Left position of this window
 		onVisible: null, // A callback that runs after the ULS panel becomes visible
-		onPosition: null // A callback that allows positioning the dialog
+		onPosition: null, // A callback that allows positioning the dialog,
+		autoOpen: false // A boolean that determines if dialog should auto-open after initialization
 	};
 
 	$.fn.languagesettings.Constructor = LanguageSettings;