diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/NestedContentConfiguration.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/NestedContentConfiguration.cs
index aed6b5cd00..5cdfd4ba15 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/NestedContentConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/NestedContentConfiguration.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors
         [ConfigurationField("showIcons", "Show Icons", "boolean", Description = "Show the Element Type icons.")]
         public bool ShowIcons { get; set; } = true;
 
+        [ConfigurationField("expandsOnLoad", "Expands on load", "boolean", Description = "A single item is automatically expanded")]
+        public bool ExpandsOnLoad { get; set; } = true;
+
         [ConfigurationField("hideLabel", "Hide Label", "boolean", Description = "Hide the property label and let the item list span the full width of the editor window.")]
         public bool HideLabel { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.controller.js
index d406689116..b678492a0b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/nestedcontent/nestedcontent.controller.js
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
         if (vm.maxItems === 0)
             vm.maxItems = 1000;
 
-        vm.singleMode = vm.minItems === 1 && vm.maxItems === 1 && model.config.contentTypes.length === 1;;
+        vm.singleMode = vm.minItems === 1 && vm.maxItems === 1 && model.config.contentTypes.length === 1;
+        vm.expandsOnLoad = Object.toBoolean(model.config.expandsOnLoad)
         vm.showIcons = Object.toBoolean(model.config.showIcons);
         vm.wideMode = Object.toBoolean(model.config.hideLabel);
         vm.hasContentTypes = model.config.contentTypes.length > 0;
@@ -617,8 +618,8 @@
                 modelWasChanged = true;
             }
 
-            // If there is only one item, set it as current node
-            if (vm.singleMode || (vm.nodes.length === 1 && vm.maxItems === 1)) {
+            // If there is only one item and expandsOnLoad property is true, set it as current node
+            if (vm.singleMode || (vm.expandsOnLoad && vm.nodes.length === 1)) {
                 setCurrentNode(vm.nodes[0], false);
             }