diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 75361ec8b..6f183317f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-23  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c: Chain up the hide and show
+	to the parent's implementation.
+
 2007-11-23  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* clutter/clutter-effect.[ch]: Update the effects API to remove
diff --git a/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c b/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c
index cba44b95f..d79d24a2d 100644
--- a/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c
+++ b/clutter/x11/clutter-stage-x11.c
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ clutter_stage_x11_show (ClutterActor *actor)
       XSync (stage_x11->xdpy, FALSE);
       XMapWindow (stage_x11->xdpy, stage_x11->xwin);
     }
+
+  CLUTTER_ACTOR_CLASS (clutter_stage_x11_parent_class)->show (actor);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ clutter_stage_x11_hide (ClutterActor *actor)
 
   if (stage_x11->xwin)
     XUnmapWindow (stage_x11->xdpy, stage_x11->xwin);
+
+  CLUTTER_ACTOR_CLASS (clutter_stage_x11_parent_class)->hide (actor);
 }
 
 void