diff --git a/panda/src/pgui/pgMouseWatcherBackground.cxx b/panda/src/pgui/pgMouseWatcherBackground.cxx
index 3c44ffeb0c..ce4aa5e99f 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgui/pgMouseWatcherBackground.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgui/pgMouseWatcherBackground.cxx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "pgMouseWatcherBackground.h"
 #include "pgItem.h"
+#include "qppgItem.h"
 
 TypeHandle PGMouseWatcherBackground::_type_handle;
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ PGMouseWatcherBackground::
 void PGMouseWatcherBackground::
 press(const MouseWatcherParameter &param) {
   PGItem::background_press(param);
+  qpPGItem::background_press(param);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ press(const MouseWatcherParameter &param) {
 void PGMouseWatcherBackground::
 release(const MouseWatcherParameter &param) {
   PGItem::background_release(param);
+  qpPGItem::background_release(param);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -76,4 +79,5 @@ release(const MouseWatcherParameter &param) {
 void PGMouseWatcherBackground::
 keystroke(const MouseWatcherParameter &param) {
   PGItem::background_keystroke(param);
+  qpPGItem::background_keystroke(param);
 }