diff --git a/src/browser/tests/element/html/input_click.html b/src/browser/tests/element/html/input_click.html
index de0efff90..6814fbc3c 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/element/html/input_click.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/element/html/input_click.html
@@ -281,3 +281,30 @@
     testing.expectEqual(false, r3.checked);
   }
 </script>
+
+<script id="nested_click_is_noop">
+  {
+    // click() while a click() on the same element is in progress is a no-op
+    // (the "click in progress" flag); a re-entrant handler must not recurse.
+    const cb = document.createElement('input');
+    cb.type = 'checkbox';
+    document.body.appendChild(cb);
+
+    let clicks = 0;
+    cb.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      clicks++;
+      cb.click();
+    });
+
+    cb.click();
+    testing.expectEqual(1, clicks, 'nested click() should not dispatch');
+    testing.expectEqual(true, cb.checked);
+
+    // The flag is cleared afterwards, so a fresh click() works again.
+    cb.click();
+    testing.expectEqual(2, clicks);
+    testing.expectEqual(false, cb.checked);
+
+    document.body.removeChild(cb);
+  }
+</script>
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
index 36ce60df2..6bb7ee479 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
@@ -139,7 +139,14 @@ pub const Namespace = enum(u8) {
 pub const Flags = packed struct(u8) {
     shadow_host: bool = false,
     customized_builtin: bool = false,
-    _unused: u6 = 0,
+
+    // Prevents nested clicks (which have a specific spec-compliant behavior
+    // compared to other events). If this bit can be more useful for something
+    // else, a stack in EventManager (for click-specifically) is an alterantive
+    // approach
+    click_in_progress: bool = false,
+
+    _unused: u5 = 0,
 };
 
 _type: Type,
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/element/Html.zig b/src/browser/webapi/element/Html.zig
index 8940a21a7..0b4333085 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/element/Html.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/element/Html.zig
@@ -402,6 +402,13 @@ pub fn click(self: *HtmlElement, frame: *Frame) !void {
         else => {},
     }
 
+    const flags = &self.asElement()._flags;
+    if (flags.click_in_progress) {
+        return;
+    }
+    flags.click_in_progress = true;
+    defer flags.click_in_progress = false;
+
     const event = (try @import("../event/MouseEvent.zig").init("click", .{
         .bubbles = true,
         .cancelable = true,