diff --git a/src/core/display-private.h b/src/core/display-private.h
index 45e36eadd..03450d3a0 100644
--- a/src/core/display-private.h
+++ b/src/core/display-private.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <meta/boxes.h>
 #include <meta/display.h>
 #include "keybindings-private.h"
+#include "gesture-tracker-private.h"
 #include <meta/prefs.h>
 #include <meta/barrier.h>
 #include <clutter/clutter.h>
@@ -253,6 +254,8 @@ struct _MetaDisplay
   /* Managed by compositor.c */
   MetaCompositor *compositor;
 
+  MetaGestureTracker *gesture_tracker;
+
   int composite_event_base;
   int composite_error_base;
   int composite_major_version;
@@ -442,4 +445,6 @@ void meta_display_sanity_check_timestamps (MetaDisplay *display,
 gboolean meta_display_timestamp_too_old (MetaDisplay *display,
                                          guint32     *timestamp);
 
+MetaGestureTracker * meta_display_get_gesture_tracker (MetaDisplay *display);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core/display.c b/src/core/display.c
index feca954fb..07d05b446 100644
--- a/src/core/display.c
+++ b/src/core/display.c
@@ -808,6 +808,9 @@ meta_display_open (void)
   meta_screen_init_workspaces (screen);
   meta_screen_create_guard_window (screen);
 
+  /* Set up touch support */
+  the_display->gesture_tracker = meta_gesture_tracker_new (0);
+
   /* We know that if mutter is running as a Wayland compositor,
    * we start out with no windows.
    */
@@ -3152,3 +3155,9 @@ meta_display_create_x_cursor (MetaDisplay *display,
 {
   return meta_cursor_create_x_cursor (display->xdisplay, cursor);
 }
+
+MetaGestureTracker *
+meta_display_get_gesture_tracker (MetaDisplay *display)
+{
+  return display->gesture_tracker;
+}