diff --git a/0001-x11-Avoid-setting-has_pointer_focus-if-a-EWMH-compli.patch b/0001-x11-Avoid-setting-has_pointer_focus-if-a-EWMH-compli.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac7a7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-x11-Avoid-setting-has_pointer_focus-if-a-EWMH-compli.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 5b395e7bb44651f57246e9dcc78d6e1bd373f6a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Carlos Garnacho <carlosg@gnome.org>
+Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:38:03 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] x11: Avoid setting has_pointer_focus if a EWMH compliant WM
+ is present
+
+This is mostly useful to have focus behave sanely on lack of WM, so avoid
+any check there if we're positive there is a WM handling focus.
+
+https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677329
+---
+ gdk/x11/gdkdevicemanager-core-x11.c | 6 +++++-
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/gdk/x11/gdkdevicemanager-core-x11.c b/gdk/x11/gdkdevicemanager-core-x11.c
+index 8d6848869e0d..c4aac3f4dee9 100644
+--- a/gdk/x11/gdkdevicemanager-core-x11.c
++++ b/gdk/x11/gdkdevicemanager-core-x11.c
+@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ _gdk_device_manager_core_handle_focus (GdkWindow *window,
+                                        int        mode)
+ {
+   GdkToplevelX11 *toplevel;
++  GdkX11Screen *x11_screen;
+   gboolean had_focus;
+ 
+   g_return_if_fail (GDK_IS_WINDOW (window));
+@@ -880,11 +881,14 @@ _gdk_device_manager_core_handle_focus (GdkWindow *window,
+         toplevel->has_focus = (focus_in) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+       break;
+     case NotifyPointer:
++      x11_screen = GDK_X11_SCREEN (gdk_window_get_screen (window));
++
+       /* The X server sends NotifyPointer/NotifyGrab,
+        * but the pointer focus is ignored while a
+        * grab is in effect
+        */
+-      if (mode != NotifyGrab &&
++      if (!x11_screen->wmspec_check_window &&
++          mode != NotifyGrab &&
+ #ifdef XINPUT_2
+ 	  mode != XINotifyPassiveGrab &&
+ 	  mode != XINotifyPassiveUngrab &&
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/gtk3.spec b/gtk3.spec
index 0722041..c200eeb 100644
--- a/gtk3.spec
+++ b/gtk3.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Summary: The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X
 Name: gtk3
 Version: 3.19.8
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.gtk.org
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ URL: http://www.gtk.org
 Source: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/3.19/gtk+-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch0: fix-leak.patch
 
+# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677329
+# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725342
+Patch1: 0001-x11-Avoid-setting-has_pointer_focus-if-a-EWMH-compli.patch
+
 BuildRequires: gnome-common autoconf automake intltool gettext
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(atk) >= %{atk_version}
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(atk-bridge-2.0)
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ the functionality of the installed %{name} package.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n gtk+-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .fix-leak
+%patch1 -p1 -b .focus-in-out
 
 %build
 
@@ -342,6 +347,9 @@ gtk-query-immodules-3.0-%{__isa_bits} --update-cache
 %{_datadir}/installed-tests
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 08 2016 Debarshi Ray <rishi@fedoraproject.org> - - 3.19.8-4
+- Backport fix for missing focus-in/out events (GNOME #677329)
+
 * Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.19.8-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild