diff --git a/browser/lib/modal.js b/browser/lib/modal.js
index 7e330178..6dcf0638 100644
--- a/browser/lib/modal.js
+++ b/browser/lib/modal.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class ModalBase extends React.Component {
 
   close () {
     if (modalBase != null) modalBase.setState({component: null, componentProps: null, isHidden: true})
+    document.body.setAttribute('data-modal', 'close')
 
     remote.getCurrentWebContents().send('list-focus')
   }
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ let modalBase = ReactDOM.render(<ModalBase/>, el)
 
 export function openModal (component, props) {
   if (modalBase == null) { return }
+
+  document.body.setAttribute('data-modal', 'open')
   modalBase.setState({component: component, componentProps: props, isHidden: false})
 }
 
diff --git a/browser/styles/main/index.styl b/browser/styles/main/index.styl
index 434e91a5..1f737a84 100644
--- a/browser/styles/main/index.styl
+++ b/browser/styles/main/index.styl
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ body
   font-size fontSize
   font-weight 400
 
+body[data-modal="open"]
+  #content *
+    overflow hidden !important
+
 button, input, select, textarea
   font-family DEFAULT_FONTS