diff --git a/modules/ui/entity_issues.js b/modules/ui/entity_issues.js
index d5623ba50..c9e0999d9 100644
--- a/modules/ui/entity_issues.js
+++ b/modules/ui/entity_issues.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export function uiEntityIssues(context) {
 
                 issue.select('.label')
                     .on('click', function() {
+                        context.map().centerZoomEase(d.loc(), Math.max(context.map().zoom(), 18));
                         if (list.style('display') === 'none') {
                             list.style('display', 'block');
                         } else {
diff --git a/modules/ui/issues.js b/modules/ui/issues.js
index b2bb8d638..f4401fd34 100644
--- a/modules/ui/issues.js
+++ b/modules/ui/issues.js
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export function uiIssues(context) {
                 .placement('bottom')
             )
             .on('click', function(d) {
+                context.map().centerZoomEase(d.loc(), Math.max(context.map().zoom(), 18));
                 if (d.entities) {
                     context.enter(modeSelect(
                         context,
diff --git a/modules/validations/validation_issue.js b/modules/validations/validation_issue.js
index c8ffe5780..85c5b063c 100644
--- a/modules/validations/validation_issue.js
+++ b/modules/validations/validation_issue.js
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ export function validationIssue(attrs) {
     this.info = attrs.info; // an object containing arbitrary extra information
     this.fixes = attrs.fixes;  // expect an array of functions for possible fixes
 
+    this.loc = function() {
+        if (this.coordinates && Array.isArray(this.coordinates) && this.coordinates.length === 2) {
+            return this.coordinates;
+        }
+        if (this.entities.length > 0) {
+            if (this.entities[0].loc) {
+                return this.entities[0].loc;
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
     if (this.fixes) {
         for (var i=0; i<this.fixes.length; i++) {
             // add a reference in the fix to the issue for use in fix actions