diff --git a/panda/src/device/winInputDeviceManager.cxx b/panda/src/device/winInputDeviceManager.cxx
index 40820f40cc..515dc376d8 100644
--- a/panda/src/device/winInputDeviceManager.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/device/winInputDeviceManager.cxx
@@ -391,6 +391,19 @@ on_input_device_removal(HANDLE handle) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Polls the system to see if there are any new devices.  In some
+ * implementations this is a no-op.
+ */
+void WinInputDeviceManager::
+update() {
+  MSG msg;
+  while (PeekMessage(&msg, _message_hwnd, WM_INPUT_DEVICE_CHANGE, WM_INPUT, PM_REMOVE)) {
+    TranslateMessage(&msg);
+    DispatchMessage(&msg);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Implementation of the message loop.
  */
diff --git a/panda/src/device/winInputDeviceManager.h b/panda/src/device/winInputDeviceManager.h
index 4bf178b376..e99a01f761 100644
--- a/panda/src/device/winInputDeviceManager.h
+++ b/panda/src/device/winInputDeviceManager.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ private:
   pmap<HANDLE, WinRawInputDevice *> _raw_devices;
   pmap<std::string, WinRawInputDevice *> _raw_devices_by_path;
 
+  virtual void update() override;
+
   static LRESULT WINAPI window_proc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam);
 
   typedef CONFIGRET (WINAPI *pCM_Get_DevNode_Property)(DEVINST, const DEVPROPKEY *, DEVPROPTYPE *, PBYTE, PULONG, ULONG);