diff --git a/panda/src/x11display/x11GraphicsWindow.cxx b/panda/src/x11display/x11GraphicsWindow.cxx
index 7dbd7c53dc..2d6b75740f 100644
--- a/panda/src/x11display/x11GraphicsWindow.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/x11display/x11GraphicsWindow.cxx
@@ -1081,10 +1081,8 @@ open_window() {
   XIM im = x11_pipe->get_im();
   _ic = nullptr;
   if (im) {
-    _ic = XCreateIC
-      (im,
-       XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing | XIMStatusNothing,
-       nullptr);
+    _ic = XCreateIC(im, XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing | XIMStatusNothing,
+                    XNClientWindow, _xwindow, nullptr);
     if (_ic == (XIC)nullptr) {
       x11display_cat.warning()
         << "Couldn't create input context.\n";