diff --git a/wayland.c b/wayland.c
index 99e98fe2..7ab1ef2f 100644
--- a/wayland.c
+++ b/wayland.c
@@ -428,7 +428,11 @@ xdg_toplevel_configure(void *data, struct xdg_toplevel *xdg_toplevel,
     struct wayland *wayl = data;
     struct terminal *term = wayl_terminal_from_xdg_toplevel(wayl, xdg_toplevel);
 
-    term->visual_focus = is_focused;
+    if (is_focused && !term->visual_focus)
+        term_visual_focus_in(term);
+    else if (!is_focused && term->visual_focus)
+        term_visual_focus_out(term);
+
     render_resize(term, width, height);
 }