diff --git a/web/src/dialog_widget.ts b/web/src/dialog_widget.ts
index eef2ee9bb6..89777a0f4c 100644
--- a/web/src/dialog_widget.ts
+++ b/web/src/dialog_widget.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export type DialogWidgetConfig = {
     post_render?: () => void;
     loading_spinner?: boolean;
     update_submit_disabled_state_on_change?: boolean;
+    always_visible_scrollbar?: boolean;
 };
 
 type RequestOpts = {
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@ export function launch(conf: DialogWidgetConfig): void {
     //   submit button when clicked.
     // * update_submit_disabled_state_on_change: If true, updates state of submit button
     //   on valid input change in modal.
+    // * always_visible_scrollbar: Whether the scrollbar is always visible if modal body
+    //   has scrollable content. Default behaviour is to hide the scrollbar when it is
+    //   not in use.
 
     const html_submit_button = conf.html_submit_button ?? $t_html({defaultMessage: "Save changes"});
     const html_exit_button = conf.html_exit_button ?? $t_html({defaultMessage: "Cancel"});
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ export function launch(conf: DialogWidgetConfig): void {
         html_body: conf.html_body,
         id: conf.id,
         single_footer_button: conf.single_footer_button,
+        always_visible_scrollbar: conf.always_visible_scrollbar,
     });
     const $dialog = $(html);
     $("body").append($dialog);
diff --git a/web/src/invite.ts b/web/src/invite.ts
index 9b8bb8b2b8..e62c4ead23 100644
--- a/web/src/invite.ts
+++ b/web/src/invite.ts
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ function open_invite_user_modal(e: JQuery.ClickEvent<Document, undefined>): void
         loading_spinner: true,
         on_click: invite_users,
         post_render: invite_user_modal_post_render,
+        always_visible_scrollbar: true,
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/web/templates/dialog_widget.hbs b/web/templates/dialog_widget.hbs
index e805a55600..063df4d9d8 100644
--- a/web/templates/dialog_widget.hbs
+++ b/web/templates/dialog_widget.hbs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                 </h1>
                 <button class="modal__close" aria-label="{{t 'Close modal' }}" data-micromodal-close></button>
             </header>
-            <main class="modal__content" data-simplebar>
+            <main class="modal__content" data-simplebar {{#if always_visible_scrollbar}}data-simplebar-auto-hide="false"{{/if}}>
                 <div class="alert" id="dialog_error"></div>
                 {{{ html_body }}}
             </main>