diff --git a/desktop-widgets/CMakeLists.txt b/desktop-widgets/CMakeLists.txt
index c494f1a8b..c451c46ef 100644
--- a/desktop-widgets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/desktop-widgets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ set(SUBSURFACE_INTERFACE
 	tableview.h
 	tagwidget.cpp
 	tagwidget.h
+	textedit.cpp
+	textedit.h
 	updatemanager.cpp
 	updatemanager.h
 	usersurvey.cpp
diff --git a/desktop-widgets/tab-widgets/maintab.ui b/desktop-widgets/tab-widgets/maintab.ui
index 34ce65186..cc79634e6 100644
--- a/desktop-widgets/tab-widgets/maintab.ui
+++ b/desktop-widgets/tab-widgets/maintab.ui
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
                 <number>0</number>
                </property>
                <item>
-                <widget class="QTextEdit" name="notes">
+                <widget class="TextEdit" name="notes">
                  <property name="readOnly">
                   <bool>false</bool>
                  </property>
@@ -601,6 +601,11 @@
    <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
    <header>desktop-widgets/locationinformation.h</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>TextEdit</class>
+   <extends>QTextEdit</extends>
+   <header>desktop-widgets/textedit.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../../subsurface.qrc"/>
diff --git a/desktop-widgets/textedit.cpp b/desktop-widgets/textedit.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e5619e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-widgets/textedit.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "textedit.h"
+
+void TextEdit::focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *ev)
+{
+	QTextEdit::focusOutEvent(ev);
+	emit editingFinished();
+}
diff --git a/desktop-widgets/textedit.h b/desktop-widgets/textedit.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b90c0248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop-widgets/textedit.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#ifndef TEXTEDIT_H
+#define TEXTEDIT_H
+
+#include <QTextEdit>
+
+// QTextEdit does not possess a signal that fires when the user finished
+// editing the text. This subclass therefore overrides the focusOutEvent
+// and sends the textEdited signal.
+class TextEdit : public QTextEdit {
+	Q_OBJECT
+public:
+	using QTextEdit::QTextEdit; // Make constructors of QTextEdit available
+signals:
+	void editingFinished();
+private:
+	void focusOutEvent(QFocusEvent *ev) override;
+};
+
+#endif