diff --git a/src/servers/app/EventDispatcher.cpp b/src/servers/app/EventDispatcher.cpp
index 6706f12144..f6a2c388b9 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/EventDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/EventDispatcher.cpp
@@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ EventDispatcher::_SendFakeMouseMoved(BMessage* message)
 	moved.AddInt32("_view_token", viewToken);
 		// this only belongs to the new target
 
+	moved.AddBool("_fake", true);
+		// let the view know this is fake
+
 	_SendMessage(target, &moved, kMouseTransitImportance);
 
 	fPreviousMouseTarget = eventTarget;