diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.txt b/docs/CHANGES.txt
index 349ca245c..18a57343d 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ http://www.tuxpaint.org/
       Pere Pujal i Carabantes <perepujal@gmail.com>
       Closes https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/bugs/256/
 
+    * Receive clicks when Tux Paint window is regaining focus
+      (via "SDL_HINT_MOUSE_FOCUS_CLICKTHROUGH"), which is how
+      the earlier SDL1.2 versions worked.
+      Bill Kendrick <bill@newbreedsoftware.com>
+
   * Other Improvements:
     -------------------
     * Automatic button size option ("buttonsize=auto"), to scale button
diff --git a/src/tuxpaint.c b/src/tuxpaint.c
index 64d2dcdcd..8b1c535b8 100644
--- a/src/tuxpaint.c
+++ b/src/tuxpaint.c
@@ -29444,6 +29444,11 @@ static void setup(void)
     }
   }
 
+  /* Clicking into window while unfocused would not let
+     the clicks through, which was unlike how things worked
+     in SDL1.2, and I found that annoying -bjk 2022.09.15 */
+  SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_MOUSE_FOCUS_CLICKTHROUGH, "1");
+
   /* Set up event filter */
 
   SDL_SetEventFilter(TP_EventFilter, NULL);
@@ -29684,7 +29689,6 @@ static void setup(void)
         }
       }
 #endif
-
     }
     else
     {