diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index c54f58dd7..c7d935b3c 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -374,8 +374,17 @@ show_window(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args) {
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "K|p", &os_window_id, &yes)) return NULL;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < global_state.num_os_windows; i++) {
         OSWindow *w = global_state.os_windows + i;
+        set_dpi_from_os_window(w);
         if (w->id == os_window_id) {
-            if (yes) glfwShowWindow(w->handle); else glfwHideWindow(w->handle);
+            if (yes) {
+                bool first_show = !w->shown_once;
+                glfwShowWindow(w->handle);
+                w->shown_once = true;
+                if (first_show) {
+                    w->has_pending_resizes = true;
+                    global_state.has_pending_resizes = true;
+                }
+            } else glfwHideWindow(w->handle);
             break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/kitty/state.h b/kitty/state.h
index d222128ef..ac2ce6a5c 100644
--- a/kitty/state.h
+++ b/kitty/state.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct {
     double last_resize_at;
     bool has_pending_resizes;
     bool is_semi_transparent;
+    bool shown_once;
     uint32_t offscreen_texture_id;
     unsigned int clear_count;
 } OSWindow;