diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8a4020192a..6488a774ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-05-11  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtktextview.c (selection_motion_event_handler): call
+	gdk_event_request_motions(event) so selecting works with
+	XInput devices too. Spotted by Tommi Komulainen.
+
 2007-05-11  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@gnome.org>
 
 	* gtk/gtksearchengine.c (_gtk_search_engine_new): Fall back
diff --git a/gtk/gtktextview.c b/gtk/gtktextview.c
index 3005c4497e..42f47c50fe 100644
--- a/gtk/gtktextview.c
+++ b/gtk/gtktextview.c
@@ -5750,6 +5750,8 @@ selection_motion_event_handler (GtkTextView    *text_view,
 				GdkEventMotion *event, 
 				SelectionData  *data)
 {
+  gdk_event_request_motions (event);
+
   if (data->granularity == SELECT_CHARACTERS) 
     {
       move_mark_to_pointer_and_scroll (text_view, "insert");