diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/ViewportUi/ViewportUiDisplay.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/ViewportUi/ViewportUiDisplay.cpp
index 80cc7941b0..e27627eab6 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/ViewportUi/ViewportUiDisplay.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/ViewportUi/ViewportUiDisplay.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework::ViewportUi::Internal
     {
         // no background for the widget else each set of buttons/text-fields/etc would have a black box around them
         SetTransparentBackground(mainWindow);
-        mainWindow->setWindowFlags(Qt::Window | Qt::FramelessWindowHint | Qt::WindowDoesNotAcceptFocus);
+        mainWindow->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint | Qt::WindowDoesNotAcceptFocus);
     }
 
     void ViewportUiDisplay::InitializeUiOverlay()