diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f5cf8fb29..ab1aa12ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-03-25  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter/clutter-timeline.c: Slightly lower the proiority
+	of the ClutterTimeline tick, so that events get a higher
+	priority in the main loop.
+
 2007-03-25  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* clutter/clutter-event.[ch]: Remove the flags member from
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-timeline.c b/clutter/clutter-timeline.c
index c9ad906ae..f963e00d3 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-timeline.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-timeline.c
@@ -357,9 +357,11 @@ clutter_timeline_start (ClutterTimeline *timeline)
   priv = timeline->priv;
 
   if (!priv->timeout_id)
-    priv->timeout_id = g_timeout_add (FPS_TO_INTERVAL(priv->fps),
-				      timeline_timeout_func,
-				      (gpointer)timeline);
+    priv->timeout_id = g_timeout_add_full (G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT + 20
+                                           FPS_TO_INTERVAL (priv->fps),
+                                           timeline_timeout_func,
+                                           timeline,
+                                           NULL);
 
   g_signal_emit (timeline, timeline_signals[STARTED], 0);
 }