diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 29110628f..69e3a8c4b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install:
 
   # Install build dependencies.
   # See also `apt-cache showsrc awesome | grep -E '^(Version|Build-Depends)'`.
-  - sudo apt-get install -y libcairo2-dev gir1.2-gtk-3.0 libpango1.0-dev libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libdbus-1-dev libxdg-basedir-dev libstartup-notification0-dev imagemagick libxcb1-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -y libcairo2-dev gir1.2-gtk-3.0 libpango1.0-dev libxcb-xtest0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libdbus-1-dev libxdg-basedir-dev libstartup-notification0-dev imagemagick libxcb1-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev
   - sudo gem install asciidoctor
 
   # Deps for tests.
diff --git a/awesome.c b/awesome.c
index e711cf70a..4a058acc3 100644
--- a/awesome.c
+++ b/awesome.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <xcb/xinerama.h>
 #include <xcb/xtest.h>
 #include <xcb/shape.h>
+#include <xcb/xfixes.h>
 
 #include <glib-unix.h>
 
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     xcb_prefetch_extension_data(globalconf.connection, &xcb_randr_id);
     xcb_prefetch_extension_data(globalconf.connection, &xcb_xinerama_id);
     xcb_prefetch_extension_data(globalconf.connection, &xcb_shape_id);
+    xcb_prefetch_extension_data(globalconf.connection, &xcb_xfixes_id);
 
     if (xcb_cursor_context_new(globalconf.connection, globalconf.screen, &globalconf.cursor_ctx) < 0)
         fatal("Failed to initialize xcb-cursor");
@@ -794,6 +796,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         p_delete(&reply);
     }
 
+    /* check for xfixes extension */
+    query = xcb_get_extension_data(globalconf.connection, &xcb_xfixes_id);
+    globalconf.have_xfixes = query && query->present;
+    if (globalconf.have_xfixes)
+        xcb_discard_reply(globalconf.connection,
+                xcb_xfixes_query_version(globalconf.connection, 1, 0).sequence);
+
     event_init();
 
     /* Allocate the key symbols */
diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 79eae7e72..9c6d5f426 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ set(AWESOME_DEPENDENCIES
     xcb-keysyms>=0.3.4
     xcb-icccm
     xcb-icccm>=0.3.8
+    xcb-xfixes
     # NOTE: it's not clear what version is required, but 1.10 works at least.
     # See https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/pull/149#issuecomment-94208356.
     xcb-xkb
diff --git a/docs/01-readme.md b/docs/01-readme.md
index b983ab6e9..7a997d5a8 100644
--- a/docs/01-readme.md
+++ b/docs/01-readme.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ environment):
 - [libxcb-util >= 0.3.8](https://xcb.freedesktop.org/)
 - [libxcb-keysyms >= 0.3.4](https://xcb.freedesktop.org/)
 - [libxcb-icccm >= 0.3.8](https://xcb.freedesktop.org/)
+- [libxcb-xfixes](https://xcb.freedesktop.org/)
 - [xcb-util-xrm >= 1.0](https://github.com/Airblader/xcb-util-xrm)
 - [libxkbcommon](http://xkbcommon.org/) with X11 support enabled
 - [libstartup-notification >=
diff --git a/globalconf.h b/globalconf.h
index 46d42fd4a..9224bd373 100644
--- a/globalconf.h
+++ b/globalconf.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ typedef struct
     bool have_input_shape;
     /** Check for XKB extension */
     bool have_xkb;
+    /** Check for XFixes extension */
+    bool have_xfixes;
     uint8_t event_base_shape;
     uint8_t event_base_xkb;
     uint8_t event_base_randr;