diff --git a/awesome.c b/awesome.c
index ee158a39..dfe02be1 100644
--- a/awesome.c
+++ b/awesome.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ setup(Display *disp, DC *drawcontext, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     wa.cursor = drawcontext->cursor[CurNormal];
     XChangeWindowAttributes(disp, DefaultRootWindow(disp), CWEventMask | CWCursor, &wa);
     XSelectInput(disp, DefaultRootWindow(disp), wa.event_mask);
-    grabkeys(disp, awesomeconf);
+    grabkeys(disp, DefaultScreen(disp), awesomeconf);
     compileregs(awesomeconf->rules, awesomeconf->nrules);
     /* bar */
     drawcontext->h = awesomeconf->statusbar.height = drawcontext->font.height + 2;
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index b1b17ae0..ad5fdad5 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ handle_event_mappingnotify(XEvent * e, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
 
     XRefreshKeyboardMapping(ev);
     if(ev->request == MappingKeyboard)
-        grabkeys(e->xany.display, awesomeconf);
+        grabkeys(e->xany.display, DefaultScreen(e->xany.display), awesomeconf);
 }
 
 void
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ handle_event_unmapnotify(XEvent * e, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     Client *c;
     XUnmapEvent *ev = &e->xunmap;
 
-    if((c = getclient(ev->window)) && ev->event == DefaultRootWindow(e->xany.display) && (ev->send_event || !c->unmapped--))
+    if((c = getclient(ev->window))
+       && ev->event == RootWindow(e->xany.display, c->screen) && (ev->send_event || !c->unmapped--))
         unmanage(c, &dc, WithdrawnState, awesomeconf);
 }
 
@@ -414,19 +415,19 @@ handle_event_randr_screen_change_notify(XEvent *e,
 }
 
 void
-grabkeys(Display *disp, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
+grabkeys(Display *disp, int screen, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
 {
     int i;
     KeyCode code;
 
-    XUngrabKey(disp, AnyKey, AnyModifier, DefaultRootWindow(disp));
+    XUngrabKey(disp, AnyKey, AnyModifier, RootWindow(disp, screen));
     for(i = 0; i < awesomeconf->nkeys; i++)
     {
         code = XKeysymToKeycode(disp, awesomeconf->keys[i].keysym);
-        XGrabKey(disp, code, awesomeconf->keys[i].mod, DefaultRootWindow(disp), True, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync);
-        XGrabKey(disp, code, awesomeconf->keys[i].mod | LockMask, DefaultRootWindow(disp), True, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync);
-        XGrabKey(disp, code, awesomeconf->keys[i].mod | awesomeconf->numlockmask, DefaultRootWindow(disp), True, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync);
-        XGrabKey(disp, code, awesomeconf->keys[i].mod | awesomeconf->numlockmask | LockMask, DefaultRootWindow(disp), True,
+        XGrabKey(disp, code, awesomeconf->keys[i].mod, RootWindow(disp, screen), True, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync);
+        XGrabKey(disp, code, awesomeconf->keys[i].mod | LockMask, RootWindow(disp, screen), True, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync);
+        XGrabKey(disp, code, awesomeconf->keys[i].mod | awesomeconf->numlockmask, RootWindow(disp, screen), True, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync);
+        XGrabKey(disp, code, awesomeconf->keys[i].mod | awesomeconf->numlockmask | LockMask, RootWindow(disp, screen), True,
                  GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync);
     }
 }
diff --git a/event.h b/event.h
index c1fd1091..627f4d52 100644
--- a/event.h
+++ b/event.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-void grabkeys(Display *, awesome_config *);            /* grab all keys defined in config */
+void grabkeys(Display *, int, awesome_config *);            /* grab all keys defined in config */
 
 void handle_event_buttonpress(XEvent *, awesome_config *);
 void handle_event_configurerequest(XEvent *, awesome_config *);