diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerOptions.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerOptions.java
index a9df4630eadb0..b1ae5c82eb73e 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerOptions.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerOptions.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public InternetExplorerOptions() {
   }
 
   public InternetExplorerOptions(Capabilities source) {
-    super();
+    this();
 
     merge(source);
   }
diff --git a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerOptionsTest.java b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerOptionsTest.java
index ca969b3940f36..d25edd4adece9 100644
--- a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerOptionsTest.java
+++ b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerOptionsTest.java
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.INITIAL_BROWSER_URL;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS;
+import static org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerOptions.IE_OPTIONS;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
 import org.openqa.selenium.ImmutableCapabilities;
+import org.openqa.selenium.Platform;
 import org.openqa.selenium.json.Json;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -94,4 +97,17 @@ public void shouldSurviveASerializationRoundTrip() {
 
     assertThat(freshOptions).isEqualTo(options);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldSetIeOptionsCapabilityWhenConstructedFromExistingCapabilities() {
+    InternetExplorerOptions expected = new InternetExplorerOptions();
+    expected.setCapability("requireWindowFocus", true);
+
+    DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities().internetExplorer();
+    desiredCapabilities.setPlatform(Platform.WINDOWS);
+    InternetExplorerOptions seen = new InternetExplorerOptions(desiredCapabilities);
+    seen.setCapability("requireWindowFocus", true);
+
+    assertThat(seen.getCapability(IE_OPTIONS)).isEqualTo(expected.getCapability(IE_OPTIONS));
+  }
 }