diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 9c2c6a6fa..3158cefac 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -7393,6 +7393,30 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     this.setState({ suggestedBindings });
   }
 
+  public setSelection(elements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[]) {
+    const selectedElementIds: { [id: string]: true } = {};
+    const selectedGroupIds: { [id: string]: true } = {};
+
+    elements.forEach((ele) => {
+      if (ele.groupIds.length) {
+        selectedElementIds[ele.id] = true;
+        ele.groupIds.forEach((id) => {
+          selectedGroupIds[id] = true;
+        });
+      }
+      // exclude bound text elements as we don't mark them as selected when
+      // container is selected unless in group
+      else if (!isBoundToContainer(ele)) {
+        selectedElementIds[ele.id] = true;
+      }
+    });
+
+    this.setState({
+      previousSelectedElementIds: this.state.selectedElementIds,
+      selectedElementIds,
+      selectedGroupIds,
+    });
+  }
   private clearSelection(hitElement: ExcalidrawElement | null): void {
     this.setState((prevState) => ({
       selectedElementIds: makeNextSelectedElementIds({}, prevState),
diff --git a/src/components/MermaidToExcalidraw.tsx b/src/components/MermaidToExcalidraw.tsx
index a15fd6852..9fc504d7a 100644
--- a/src/components/MermaidToExcalidraw.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MermaidToExcalidraw.tsx
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ const MermaidToExcalidraw = ({
     app.scene.replaceAllElements([...elements, ...canvasData.elements]);
     app.addFiles(Object.values(canvasData.files || []));
     app.scrollToContent(canvasData.elements);
+
+    app.setSelection(canvasData.elements);
+
     onClose();
   };
 
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 303bf50d2..deb4427f2 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ export type AppClassProperties = {
   lastViewportPosition: App["lastViewportPosition"];
   scrollToContent: App["scrollToContent"];
   addFiles: App["addFiles"];
+  setSelection: App["setSelection"];
 };
 
 export type PointerDownState = Readonly<{