diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc b/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
index f5c21bed74e..5cb005a92ca 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "atom/browser/ui/views/global_menu_bar_x11.h"
 #include "atom/browser/ui/views/frameless_view.h"
 #include "atom/browser/ui/views/native_frame_view.h"
+#include "atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.h"
 #include "atom/browser/ui/x/window_state_watcher.h"
 #include "atom/browser/ui/x/x_window_utils.h"
 #include "base/strings/string_util.h"
@@ -385,6 +386,10 @@ void NativeWindowViews::Disable() {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
   ::EnableWindow(GetAcceleratedWidget(), FALSE);
 #elif defined(USE_X11)
+  event_disabler_.reset(new EventDisabler);
+  views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11* tree_host =
+      views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::GetHostForXID(GetAcceleratedWidget());
+  tree_host->AddEventRewriter(event_disabler_.get());
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -392,14 +397,18 @@ void NativeWindowViews::Enable() {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
   ::EnableWindow(GetAcceleratedWidget(), TRUE);
 #elif defined(USE_X11)
+  views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11* tree_host =
+      views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::GetHostForXID(GetAcceleratedWidget());
+  tree_host->RemoveEventRewriter(event_disabler_.get());
+  event_disabler_.reset();
 #endif
 }
 
 bool NativeWindowViews::IsEnabled() {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
   return ::IsWindowEnabled(GetAcceleratedWidget());
-#else
-  return false;
+#elif defined(USE_X11)
+  return !event_disabler_.get();
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window_views.h b/atom/browser/native_window_views.h
index b38572d9d2a..bdc2d36497b 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window_views.h
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window_views.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class WindowStateWatcher;
 
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
 class AtomDesktopWindowTreeHostWin;
+#elif defined(USE_X11)
+class EventDisabler;
 #endif
 
 class NativeWindowViews : public NativeWindow,
@@ -193,6 +195,9 @@ class NativeWindowViews : public NativeWindow,
   // Handles window state events.
   std::unique_ptr<WindowStateWatcher> window_state_watcher_;
 
+  // To disable the mouse events.
+  std::unique_ptr<EventDisabler> event_disabler_;
+
   // The "resizable" flag on Linux is implemented by setting size constraints,
   // we need to make sure size constraints are restored when window becomes
   // resizable again.
diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.cc b/atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d0e4cfeb04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016 GitHub, Inc.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.h"
+
+namespace atom {
+
+EventDisabler::EventDisabler() {
+}
+
+EventDisabler::~EventDisabler() {
+}
+
+ui::EventRewriteStatus EventDisabler::RewriteEvent(
+    const ui::Event& event,
+    std::unique_ptr<ui::Event>* rewritten_event) {
+  return ui::EVENT_REWRITE_DISCARD;
+}
+
+ui::EventRewriteStatus EventDisabler::NextDispatchEvent(
+    const ui::Event& last_event,
+    std::unique_ptr<ui::Event>* new_event) {
+  return ui::EVENT_REWRITE_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+}  // namespace atom
diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.h b/atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a6645bcdca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016 GitHub, Inc.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef ATOM_BROWSER_UI_X_EVENT_DISABLER_H_
+#define ATOM_BROWSER_UI_X_EVENT_DISABLER_H_
+
+#include "base/macros.h"
+#include "ui/events/event_rewriter.h"
+
+namespace atom {
+
+class EventDisabler : public ui::EventRewriter {
+ public:
+  EventDisabler();
+  ~EventDisabler() override;
+
+  // ui::EventRewriter:
+  ui::EventRewriteStatus RewriteEvent(
+      const ui::Event& event,
+      std::unique_ptr<ui::Event>* rewritten_event) override;
+  ui::EventRewriteStatus NextDispatchEvent(
+      const ui::Event& last_event,
+      std::unique_ptr<ui::Event>* new_event) override;
+
+ private:
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(EventDisabler);
+};
+
+}  // namespace atom
+
+#endif  // ATOM_BROWSER_UI_X_EVENT_DISABLER_H_
diff --git a/filenames.gypi b/filenames.gypi
index 87ff5dc9813..af7080821b4 100644
--- a/filenames.gypi
+++ b/filenames.gypi
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@
       'atom/browser/ui/win/notify_icon.h',
       'atom/browser/ui/win/taskbar_host.cc',
       'atom/browser/ui/win/taskbar_host.h',
+      'atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.cc',
+      'atom/browser/ui/x/event_disabler.h',
       'atom/browser/ui/x/window_state_watcher.cc',
       'atom/browser/ui/x/window_state_watcher.h',
       'atom/browser/ui/x/x_window_utils.cc',