diff --git a/src/components/nav/nav-controller.ts b/src/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
index c32fccc2a93..b0039b77168 100644
--- a/src/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
+++ b/src/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
@@ -1179,7 +1179,12 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
         transAnimation.duration(0);
       }
 
-      let duration = transAnimation.getDuration();
+      let keyboardDurationPadding = 0;
+      if ( this._keyboard.isOpen() ) {
+        // add XXms to the duration the app is disabled when the keyboard is open
+        keyboardDurationPadding = 600;
+      }
+      let duration = transAnimation.getDuration() + keyboardDurationPadding;
       let enableApp = (duration < 64);
       // block any clicks during the transition and provide a
       // fallback to remove the clickblock if something goes wrong