diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyr.c b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyr.c
index 91e949d79..ef4b3210c 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyr.c
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyr.c
@@ -959,7 +959,14 @@ ephyrProcessMouseMotion(xcb_generic_event_t *xev)
         }
         EPHYR_LOG("final (x,y):(%d,%d)\n", x, y);
 #endif
-        KdEnqueuePointerEvent(ephyrMouse, mouseState, x, y, 0);
+
+        /* convert coords into desktop-wide coordinates.
+         * fill_pointer_events will convert that back to
+         * per-screen coordinates where needed */
+        x += screen->pScreen->x;
+        y += screen->pScreen->y;
+
+        KdEnqueuePointerEvent(ephyrMouse, mouseState | KD_POINTER_DESKTOP, x, y, 0);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/kdrive/src/kdrive.h b/hw/kdrive/src/kdrive.h
index d5d0799df..296d611ed 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/src/kdrive.h
+++ b/hw/kdrive/src/kdrive.h
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ KdEnqueueKeyboardEvent(KdKeyboardInfo * ki, unsigned char scan_code,
 #define KD_BUTTON_4	0x08
 #define KD_BUTTON_5	0x10
 #define KD_BUTTON_8	0x80
+#define KD_POINTER_DESKTOP 0x40000000
 #define KD_MOUSE_DELTA	0x80000000
 
 void
diff --git a/hw/kdrive/src/kinput.c b/hw/kdrive/src/kinput.c
index d845830cc..abda69314 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/src/kinput.c
+++ b/hw/kdrive/src/kinput.c
@@ -1895,6 +1895,8 @@ KdEnqueuePointerEvent(KdPointerInfo * pi, unsigned long flags, int rx, int ry,
     }
     else {
         dixflags = POINTER_ABSOLUTE;
+        if (flags & KD_POINTER_DESKTOP)
+            dixflags |= POINTER_DESKTOP;
         if (x != pi->dixdev->last.valuators[0] ||
             y != pi->dixdev->last.valuators[1])
             _KdEnqueuePointerEvent(pi, MotionNotify, x, y, z, 0, dixflags,