diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index fad051e735..eb8774adcb 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ wxGTK:
 - Fix infinite sizing loop with GTK3 when using wxScrolled with a non-default
   target window.
 - Fix crashes in wxGTK3 when running with non-X11 backend (Marco Trevisan).
+- Fix coordinates of wxSetCursorEvent propagated to parent windows.
 
 wxMSW:
 
diff --git a/src/gtk/window.cpp b/src/gtk/window.cpp
index 388da76cee..6cc60836e8 100644
--- a/src/gtk/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/window.cpp
@@ -1552,9 +1552,13 @@ static const wxCursor* gs_overrideCursor;
 
 static void SendSetCursorEvent(wxWindowGTK* win, int x, int y)
 {
-    wxSetCursorEvent event(x, y);
+    wxPoint posClient(x, y);
+    const wxPoint posScreen = win->ClientToScreen(posClient);
+
     wxWindowGTK* w = win;
-    do {
+    for ( ;; )
+    {
+        wxSetCursorEvent event(posClient.x, posClient.y);
         if (w->GTKProcessEvent(event))
         {
             gs_overrideCursor = &event.GetCursor();
@@ -1566,8 +1570,12 @@ static void SendSetCursorEvent(wxWindowGTK* win, int x, int y)
         // this is how wxMSW works...
         if (w->GetCursor().IsOk())
             break;
+
         w = w->GetParent();
-    } while (w);
+        if ( !w )
+            break;
+        posClient = w->ScreenToClient(posScreen);
+    }
     if (gs_needCursorResetMap[win])
         win->GTKUpdateCursor();
 }