diff --git a/js/ui/altTab.js b/js/ui/altTab.js
index dfdf9c3f9..d10133568 100644
--- a/js/ui/altTab.js
+++ b/js/ui/altTab.js
@@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ function _createWindowClone(window, size) {
                                y_expand: true });
 };
 
+function getWindows(workspace) {
+    // We ignore skip-taskbar windows in switchers, but if they are attached
+    // to their parent, their position in the MRU list may be more appropriate
+    // than the parent; so start with the complete list ...
+    let windows = global.display.get_tab_list(Meta.TabList.NORMAL_ALL,
+                                              workspace);
+    // ... map windows to their parent where appropriate ...
+    return windows.map(w => {
+        return w.is_attached_dialog() ? w.get_transient_for() : w;
+    // ... and filter out skip-taskbar windows and duplicates
+    }).filter((w, i, a) => !w.skip_taskbar && a.indexOf(w) == i);
+}
+
 const AppSwitcherPopup = new Lang.Class({
     Name: 'AppSwitcherPopup',
     Extends: SwitcherPopup.SwitcherPopup,
@@ -517,7 +530,7 @@ const WindowSwitcherPopup = new Lang.Class({
 
     _getWindowList: function() {
         let workspace = this._settings.get_boolean('current-workspace-only') ? global.screen.get_active_workspace() : null;
-        return global.display.get_tab_list(Meta.TabList.NORMAL, workspace);
+        return getWindows(workspace);
     },
 
     _keyPressHandler: function(keysym, action) {
@@ -555,7 +568,7 @@ const WindowCyclerPopup = new Lang.Class({
 
     _getWindows: function() {
         let workspace = this._settings.get_boolean('current-workspace-only') ? global.screen.get_active_workspace() : null;
-        return global.display.get_tab_list(Meta.TabList.NORMAL, workspace);
+        return getWindows(workspace);
     },
 
     _keyPressHandler: function(keysym, action) {