--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvttoolkit.C	2008/01/26 11:37:51	1.94
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvttoolkit.C	2008/01/26 13:13:20	1.98
@@ -575,8 +575,10 @@
 
 void rxvt_display::flush_cb (ev::prepare &w, int revents)
 {
+  while (XEventsQueued (dpy, QueuedAfterFlush))
+    x_cb (x_ev, EV_READ);
+
   w.stop ();
-  XFlush (dpy);
 }
 
 void rxvt_display::reg (xevent_watcher *w)