diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index 0023eb528fa80d..250afd7696eb57 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -943,6 +943,8 @@ const PDFViewerApplication = {
         this.load(pdfDocument);
       },
       exception => {
+        this._unblockDocumentLoadEvent();
+
         if (loadingTask !== this.pdfLoadingTask) {
           return undefined; // Ignore errors for previously opened PDF files.
         }
@@ -1420,6 +1422,8 @@ const PDFViewerApplication = {
     });
 
     pagesPromise.then(() => {
+      this._unblockDocumentLoadEvent();
+
       this._initializeAutoPrint(pdfDocument, openActionPromise);
     });
 
@@ -2335,6 +2339,19 @@ const PDFViewerApplication = {
     return wholeTicks;
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Should be called *after* all pages have loaded, or if an error occurred,
+   * to unblock the "load" event; see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1618553
+   * @private
+   */
+  _unblockDocumentLoadEvent() {
+    if (document.blockUnblockOnload) {
+      document.blockUnblockOnload(false);
+    }
+    // Ensure that this method is only ever run once.
+    this._unblockDocumentLoadEvent = () => {};
+  },
+
   /**
    * Used together with the integration-tests, to enable awaiting full
    * initialization of the scripting/sandbox.
diff --git a/web/viewer.js b/web/viewer.js
index e4165fcdd07f72..1f3a8b9b51052a 100644
--- a/web/viewer.js
+++ b/web/viewer.js
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ function webViewerLoad() {
   }
 }
 
+// Block the "load" event until all pages are loaded, to ensure that printing
+// works in Firefox; see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1618553
+if (document.blockUnblockOnload) {
+  document.blockUnblockOnload(true);
+}
+
 if (
   document.readyState === "interactive" ||
   document.readyState === "complete"