diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1dcb600..bb9cbf19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ information on what to include when reporting a bug.
  - [Wayland] Bugfix: Full screen window creation did not ignore `GLFW_VISIBLE`
  - [Wayland] Bugfix: Some keys were reported as wrong key or `GLFW_KEY_UNKNOWN`
  - [Wayland] Bugfix: Text input did not repeat along with key repeat
+ - [Wayland] Bugfix: `glfwPostEmptyEvent` sometimes had no effect (#1520,#1521)
  - [POSIX] Removed use of deprecated function `gettimeofday`
  - [POSIX] Bugfix: `CLOCK_MONOTONIC` was not correctly tested for or enabled
  - [WGL] Disabled the DWM swap interval hack for Windows 8 and later (#1072)
diff --git a/src/wl_window.c b/src/wl_window.c
index 8ca6f7b6..15cc5e5f 100644
--- a/src/wl_window.c
+++ b/src/wl_window.c
@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@ void _glfwWaitEventsTimeoutWayland(double timeout)
 void _glfwPostEmptyEventWayland(void)
 {
     wl_display_sync(_glfw.wl.display);
+    flushDisplay();
 }
 
 void _glfwGetCursorPosWayland(_GLFWwindow* window, double* xpos, double* ypos)