diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 89f35ae2fb..95d8b74bdc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-09-06  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 550989 – gdk_display_put_event() should call
+	g_main_context_wakeup()
+
+	* gdk/gdkdisplay.c (gdk_display_put_event): Wake up the main loop
+	after queueing the event. Patch by Owen Taylor
+
 2008-09-07  Yair Hershkovitz  <yairhr@gmail.com>
 
 	Bug 319849 - gtkcalendar look in RTL locales
diff --git a/gdk/gdkdisplay.c b/gdk/gdkdisplay.c
index 2a5b92c3bd..2b163de635 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdisplay.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkdisplay.c
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ gdk_display_put_event (GdkDisplay     *display,
   g_return_if_fail (event != NULL);
 
   _gdk_event_queue_append (display, gdk_event_copy (event));
+  /* If the main loop is blocking in a different thread, wake it up */
+  g_main_context_wakeup (NULL); 
 }
 
 /**