diff --git a/src/events.cpp b/src/events.cpp
index c09f615af9..b9bb9bbd36 100644
--- a/src/events.cpp
+++ b/src/events.cpp
@@ -951,6 +951,7 @@ bool X11Client::buttonPressEvent(xcb_window_t w, int button, int state, int x, i
         } else {
             QMouseEvent event(QEvent::MouseButtonPress, QPointF(x, y), QPointF(x_root, y_root),
                             x11ToQtMouseButton(button), x11ToQtMouseButtons(state), x11ToQtKeyboardModifiers(state));
+            event.setTimestamp(time);
             event.setAccepted(false);
             QCoreApplication::sendEvent(decoration(), &event);
             if (!event.isAccepted()) {
diff --git a/src/input.cpp b/src/input.cpp
index bdba5f0700..4965277b4d 100644
--- a/src/input.cpp
+++ b/src/input.cpp
@@ -1195,6 +1195,7 @@ public:
                 return actionResult.second;
             }
             QMouseEvent e(event->type(), p, event->globalPos(), event->button(), event->buttons(), event->modifiers());
+            e.setTimestamp(event->timestamp());
             e.setAccepted(false);
             QCoreApplication::sendEvent(decoration->decoration(), &e);
             if (!e.isAccepted() && event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress) {