diff --git a/js/ui/messageTray.js b/js/ui/messageTray.js
index 6b19d2004..2e400dc82 100644
--- a/js/ui/messageTray.js
+++ b/js/ui/messageTray.js
@@ -1369,6 +1369,18 @@ const MessageTray = new Lang.Class({
             this._onStatusChanged(status);
         }));
 
+        global.stage.connect('enter-event', Lang.bind(this,
+            function(a, ev) {
+                // HACK: St uses ClutterInputDevice for hover tracking, which
+                // misses relevant X11 events when untracked actors are
+                // involved (read: the notification banner in normal mode),
+                // so fix up Clutter's view of the pointer position in
+                // that case.
+                let related = ev.get_related();
+                if (!related || this.actor.contains(related))
+                    global.sync_pointer();
+            }));
+
         this.actor = new St.Widget({ name: 'notification-container',
                                      reactive: true,
                                      track_hover: true,