diff --git a/src/gtk/window.cpp b/src/gtk/window.cpp
index 9ca920d581..475c06f37f 100644
--- a/src/gtk/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/window.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ wxWindowGTK *g_delayedFocus = (wxWindowGTK*) NULL;
 // send any activate events at all
 static int        g_sendActivateEvent = -1;
 
+// hack: we need something to pass to gtk_menu_popup, so we store the time of
+// the last click here
+static guint32 gs_timeLastClick = 0; 
+
 extern bool g_mainThreadLocked;
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1582,6 +1586,8 @@ static gint gtk_window_button_press_callback( GtkWidget *widget,
     if ( !g_captureWindow )
         win = FindWindowForMouseEvent(win, event.m_x, event.m_y);
 
+    gs_timeLastClick = gdk_event->time;
+
 /*
     wxPrintf( wxT("2) OnButtonPress from ") );
     if (win->GetClassInfo() && win->GetClassInfo()->GetClassName())
@@ -4214,7 +4220,7 @@ bool wxWindowGTK::DoPopupMenu( wxMenu *menu, int x, int y )
 #ifdef __WXGTK20__
                   gtk_get_current_event_time()
 #else
-                  GDK_CURRENT_TIME
+                  gs_timeLastClick              // the time of activation
 #endif
                 );
 
diff --git a/src/gtk1/window.cpp b/src/gtk1/window.cpp
index 9ca920d581..475c06f37f 100644
--- a/src/gtk1/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk1/window.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ wxWindowGTK *g_delayedFocus = (wxWindowGTK*) NULL;
 // send any activate events at all
 static int        g_sendActivateEvent = -1;
 
+// hack: we need something to pass to gtk_menu_popup, so we store the time of
+// the last click here
+static guint32 gs_timeLastClick = 0; 
+
 extern bool g_mainThreadLocked;
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1582,6 +1586,8 @@ static gint gtk_window_button_press_callback( GtkWidget *widget,
     if ( !g_captureWindow )
         win = FindWindowForMouseEvent(win, event.m_x, event.m_y);
 
+    gs_timeLastClick = gdk_event->time;
+
 /*
     wxPrintf( wxT("2) OnButtonPress from ") );
     if (win->GetClassInfo() && win->GetClassInfo()->GetClassName())
@@ -4214,7 +4220,7 @@ bool wxWindowGTK::DoPopupMenu( wxMenu *menu, int x, int y )
 #ifdef __WXGTK20__
                   gtk_get_current_event_time()
 #else
-                  GDK_CURRENT_TIME
+                  gs_timeLastClick              // the time of activation
 #endif
                 );