diff --git a/Servers/WindowServer/WSEventLoop.cpp b/Servers/WindowServer/WSEventLoop.cpp
index 9e5fc7930a..b45a1f2d86 100644
--- a/Servers/WindowServer/WSEventLoop.cpp
+++ b/Servers/WindowServer/WSEventLoop.cpp
@@ -89,11 +89,9 @@ WSEventLoop::~WSEventLoop()
 void WSEventLoop::drain_mouse()
 {
     auto& screen = WSScreen::the();
-    unsigned prev_buttons = screen.mouse_button_state();
-    int dx = 0;
-    int dy = 0;
-    int dz = 0;
-    unsigned buttons = prev_buttons;
+    MousePacket state;
+    state.buttons = screen.mouse_button_state();
+    unsigned buttons = state.buttons;
     for (;;) {
         MousePacket packet;
         ssize_t nread = read(m_mouse_fd, &packet, sizeof(MousePacket));
@@ -102,19 +100,26 @@ void WSEventLoop::drain_mouse()
         ASSERT(nread == sizeof(packet));
         buttons = packet.buttons;
 
-        dx += packet.dx;
-        dy += -packet.dy;
-        dz += packet.dz;
-        if (buttons != prev_buttons) {
-            screen.on_receive_mouse_data(dx, dy, dz, buttons);
-            dx = 0;
-            dy = 0;
-            dz = 0;
-            prev_buttons = buttons;
+        if (packet.is_relative) {
+            state.x += packet.x;
+            state.y -= packet.y;
+            state.z += packet.z;
+        } else {
+            state.x = packet.x;
+            state.y = packet.y;
+            state.z += packet.z;
+        }
+
+        if (buttons != state.buttons) {
+            state.buttons = buttons;
+            screen.on_receive_mouse_data(state);
+            state.x = 0;
+            state.y = 0;
+            state.z = 0;
         }
     }
-    if (dx || dy || dz)
-        screen.on_receive_mouse_data(dx, dy, dz, buttons);
+    if (state.is_relative && (state.x || state.y || state.z))
+        screen.on_receive_mouse_data(state);
 }
 
 void WSEventLoop::drain_keyboard()
diff --git a/Servers/WindowServer/WSScreen.cpp b/Servers/WindowServer/WSScreen.cpp
index 6e9f9f6bea..20875e962e 100644
--- a/Servers/WindowServer/WSScreen.cpp
+++ b/Servers/WindowServer/WSScreen.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "WSEventLoop.h"
 #include "WSWindowManager.h"
 #include <Kernel/FB.h>
+#include <Kernel/MousePacket.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -101,11 +102,16 @@ void WSScreen::set_buffer(int index)
     ASSERT(rc == 0);
 }
 
-void WSScreen::on_receive_mouse_data(int dx, int dy, int dz, unsigned buttons)
+void WSScreen::on_receive_mouse_data(const MousePacket& packet)
 {
     auto prev_location = m_cursor_location;
-    m_cursor_location.move_by(dx, dy);
+    if (packet.is_relative)
+        m_cursor_location.move_by(packet.x, packet.y);
+    else
+        m_cursor_location = { packet.x * m_width / 0xffff, packet.y * m_height / 0xffff };
     m_cursor_location.constrain(rect());
+
+    unsigned buttons = packet.buttons;
     unsigned prev_buttons = m_mouse_button_state;
     m_mouse_button_state = buttons;
     unsigned changed_buttons = prev_buttons ^ buttons;
@@ -123,8 +129,8 @@ void WSScreen::on_receive_mouse_data(int dx, int dy, int dz, unsigned buttons)
         Core::EventLoop::current().post_event(WSWindowManager::the(), move(message));
     }
 
-    if (dz) {
-        auto message = make<WSMouseEvent>(WSEvent::MouseWheel, m_cursor_location, buttons, MouseButton::None, m_modifiers, dz);
+    if (packet.z) {
+        auto message = make<WSMouseEvent>(WSEvent::MouseWheel, m_cursor_location, buttons, MouseButton::None, m_modifiers, packet.z);
         Core::EventLoop::current().post_event(WSWindowManager::the(), move(message));
     }
 
diff --git a/Servers/WindowServer/WSScreen.h b/Servers/WindowServer/WSScreen.h
index d7728c09a0..c62d8964c5 100644
--- a/Servers/WindowServer/WSScreen.h
+++ b/Servers/WindowServer/WSScreen.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <LibDraw/Rect.h>
 #include <LibDraw/Size.h>
 
+struct MousePacket;
+
 class WSScreen {
 public:
     WSScreen(unsigned width, unsigned height);
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ public:
     Point cursor_location() const { return m_cursor_location; }
     unsigned mouse_button_state() const { return m_mouse_button_state; }
 
-    void on_receive_mouse_data(int dx, int dy, int dz, unsigned buttons);
+    void on_receive_mouse_data(const MousePacket&);
     void on_receive_keyboard_data(KeyEvent);
 
 private: