1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_WindowX11.cpp b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_WindowX11.cpp
index 160980b6331..d26224d956a 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_WindowX11.cpp
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_WindowX11.cpp
@@ -392,6 +392,13 @@ GHOST_WindowX11(
 		}
 	}
 
+#if defined(WITH_X11_XINPUT) && defined(X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING)
+	m_xic = XCreateIC(m_system->getX11_XIM(), XNClientWindow, m_window, XNFocusWindow, m_window,
+	                  XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing | XIMStatusNothing,
+	                  XNResourceName, GHOST_X11_RES_NAME, XNResourceClass,
+	                  GHOST_X11_RES_CLASS, NULL);
+#endif
+
 	// Set the window icon
 	XWMHints *xwmhints = XAllocWMHints();
 	XImage *x_image, *mask_image;
@@ -1304,6 +1311,13 @@ GHOST_WindowX11::
 		XSetSelectionOwner(m_display, Clipboard_atom, None, CurrentTime);
 	}
 	
+#if defined(WITH_X11_XINPUT) && defined(X_HAVE_UTF8_STRING)
+	if (m_xic) {
+		XDestroyIC(m_xic);
+	}
+#endif
+
+
 	XDestroyWindow(m_display, m_window);
 	XFree(m_visual);
 }