diff --git a/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2callback.inc b/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2callback.inc
index 0cf4b67254..74d659af60 100644
--- a/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2callback.inc
+++ b/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2callback.inc
@@ -1217,6 +1217,25 @@ begin
   Result:=true;
 end;
 
+procedure GTKGetDevicePointer(win: PGdkWindow; dev: PGdkDevice;
+  x, y: pgdouble; mask: PGdkModifierType);
+var
+  axes: pgdouble;
+  i: Integer;
+begin
+  axes := g_new(SizeOf(gdouble), dev^.num_axes);
+  gdk_device_get_state(dev, win, axes, mask);
+
+  for i := 0 to dev^.num_axes - 1 do
+    if (x^ <> 0) and (dev^.axes[i].use = GDK_AXIS_X) then
+      x^ := axes[i]
+    else if (y^ <> 0) and (dev^.axes[i].use = GDK_AXIS_Y) then
+      y^ := axes[i];
+
+  g_free(axes);
+end;
+
+
 {-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   GTKMotionNotify
   Params: widget: PGTKWidget; event: PGDKEventMotion; data: gPointer
@@ -1234,6 +1253,10 @@ var
 begin
   Result := CallBackDefaultReturn;
 
+  if (Event^.is_hint <> 0) and (Event^._type = GDK_MOTION_NOTIFY) then
+    GTKGetDevicePointer(Event^.window, Event^.device,
+      @Event^.x, @Event^.y, @Event^.state);
+
   {$IFDEF VerboseMouseBugfix}
   DesignOnlySignal:=GetDesignOnlySignalFlag(Widget,dstMouseMotion);
   DebugLn('[GTKMotionNotify] ',
@@ -1285,6 +1308,10 @@ function GTKMotionNotifyAfter(widget:PGTKWidget; event: PGDKEventMotion;
 begin
   Result := true; // stop event propagation
 
+  if (Event^.is_hint <> 0) and (Event^._type = GDK_MOTION_NOTIFY) then
+    GTKGetDevicePointer(Event^.window, Event^.device,
+      @Event^.x, @Event^.y, @Event^.state);
+
   {$IFDEF VerboseMouseBugfix}
   DebugLn('[GTKMotionNotifyAfter] ',
     DbgSName(TControl(Data)));
diff --git a/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2widgetset.inc b/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2widgetset.inc
index 4c0016ce4f..66df2de599 100644
--- a/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2widgetset.inc
+++ b/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2widgetset.inc
@@ -607,9 +607,10 @@ begin
     LM_MOUSEMOVE:
     begin
       ConnectSenderSignal(gMouse, 'motion-notify-event', @GTKMotionNotify,
-                    GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK);
+                    GDK_POINTER_MOTION_HINT_MASK or GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK);
       ConnectSenderSignalAfter(gMouse, 'motion-notify-event',
-                    @GTKMotionNotifyAfter, GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK);
+                    @GTKMotionNotifyAfter,
+                    GDK_POINTER_MOTION_HINT_MASK or GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK);
     end;
 
     LM_LBUTTONDOWN,