diff --git a/dom/browser-element/BrowserElementPanning.js b/dom/browser-element/BrowserElementPanning.js
index 614da34064a..90c5067be99 100644
--- a/dom/browser-element/BrowserElementPanning.js
+++ b/dom/browser-element/BrowserElementPanning.js
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ const ContentPanning = {
       return;
     }
 
+    let start = Date.now();
+    let thread = Services.tm.currentThread;
+    while (this._delayEvents && (Date.now() - start) < this._activeDurationMs) {
+      thread.processNextEvent(true);
+    }
+    this._delayEvents = false;
+
     switch (evt.type) {
       case 'mousedown':
       case 'touchstart':
@@ -229,6 +236,16 @@ const ContentPanning = {
         // We prevent end events to avoid sending a focus event. See bug 889717.
         evt.preventDefault();
       }
+    } else if (this.target && click && !this.panning) {
+      this.notify(this._activationTimer);
+
+      this._delayEvents = true;
+      let start = Date.now();
+      let thread = Services.tm.currentThread;
+      while (this._delayEvents && (Date.now() - start) < this._activeDurationMs) {
+        thread.processNextEvent(true);
+      }
+      this._delayEvents = false;
     }
 
     this._finishPanning();
@@ -467,6 +484,12 @@ const ContentPanning = {
     return this._activationDelayMs = delay;
   },
 
+  get _activeDurationMs() {
+    let duration = Services.prefs.getIntPref('ui.touch_activation.duration_ms');
+    delete this._activeDurationMs;
+    return this._activeDurationMs = duration;
+  },
+
   _resetActive: function cp_resetActive() {
     let elt = this.target || this.pointerDownTarget;
     let root = elt.ownerDocument || elt.document;
diff --git a/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js b/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js
index 3a9e64b87a2..3213f4d5850 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js
+++ b/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js
@@ -4428,6 +4428,11 @@ pref("mms.debugging.enabled", false);
 // the target element?
 pref("ui.touch_activation.delay_ms", 100);
 
+// If the user has clicked an element, how long do we keep the
+// :active state before it is cleared by the mouse sequences
+// fired after a touchstart/touchend.
+pref("ui.touch_activation.duration_ms", 100);
+
 // nsMemoryInfoDumper can watch a fifo in the temp directory and take various
 // actions when the fifo is written to.  Disable this in general.
 pref("memory_info_dumper.watch_fifo", false);