diff --git a/lib/awful/widget/graph.lua.in b/lib/awful/widget/graph.lua.in
index 9a5e2cf2..a65647df 100644
--- a/lib/awful/widget/graph.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/widget/graph.lua.in
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ function new(args)
     local graph = {}
     graph.widget = capi.widget(args)
     graph.widget.resize = false
+    graph[1] = graph.widget
 
     data[graph] = { width = width, height = height, values = {}, max_value = 1 }
 
diff --git a/lib/awful/widget/progressbar.lua.in b/lib/awful/widget/progressbar.lua.in
index 0676126a..c12e7b9d 100644
--- a/lib/awful/widget/progressbar.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/widget/progressbar.lua.in
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ function new(args)
 
     pbar.widget = capi.widget(args)
     pbar.widget.resize = false
+    pbar[1] = pbar.widget
 
     data[pbar] = { width = width, height = height, value = 0 }
 
diff --git a/lib/awful/widget/prompt.lua.in b/lib/awful/widget/prompt.lua.in
index 0d6be422..2ae7eb60 100644
--- a/lib/awful/widget/prompt.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/widget/prompt.lua.in
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function new(args)
     args.type = "textbox"
     promptbox.widget = capi.widget(args)
     promptbox.widget.ellipsize = "start"
+    promptbox[1] = promptbox.widget
     promptbox.run = run
     promptbox.prompt = args.prompt or "Run: "
     promptbox.layout = args.layout or layout.horizontal.leftright