diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8038c0d7d..770cb563e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-06-08  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+	* src/screen.c (meta_screen_new): select keypress/keyrelease
+	events on root window, this may fix the bug where keybindings
+	didn't work if you didn't have a focused window.
+
 2002-06-08  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/main.c (main): call meta_session_shutdown when exiting
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 7ba62856d..758ddd558 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ meta_screen_new (MetaDisplay *display,
                 ColormapChangeMask | PropertyChangeMask |
                 LeaveWindowMask | EnterWindowMask |
                 ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask |
+                KeyPressMask | KeyReleaseMask |
                 FocusChangeMask | attr.your_event_mask);
   if (meta_error_trap_pop (display) != Success)
     {