diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
index 7077f9bf5ead88a15eb65699e71d00e49715fc84..62bae99424e6e436defda3723654816c44be2609 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/xen-kbdfront.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static void xenkbd_backend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 				   enum xenbus_state backend_state)
 {
 	struct xenkbd_info *info = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
-	int val;
+	int ret, val;
 
 	switch (backend_state) {
 	case XenbusStateInitialising:
@@ -316,6 +316,17 @@ static void xenkbd_backend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 
 	case XenbusStateInitWait:
 InitWait:
+		ret = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, info->xbdev->otherend,
+				   "feature-abs-pointer", "%d", &val);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			val = 0;
+		if (val) {
+			ret = xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, info->xbdev->nodename,
+					    "request-abs-pointer", "1");
+			if (ret)
+				pr_warning("xenkbd: can't request abs-pointer");
+		}
+
 		xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateConnected);
 		break;