diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e78f7aa..da164b8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
   freeze when closing a footclient window.
 * Underlying cell content showing through in the left-most column of
   sixels.
+* Blinking cursor stops blinking, or becoming invisible, when
+  switching focus from, and then back to a terminal window on GNOME
+  (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/686).
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index 2be92dda..cb1641f2 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -2456,11 +2456,11 @@ void
 term_cursor_blink_update(struct terminal *term)
 {
     bool enable = term->cursor_blink.decset || term->cursor_blink.deccsusr;
-    bool activate = !term->shutdown.in_progress && enable && term->kbd_focus;
+    bool activate = !term->shutdown.in_progress && enable && term->visual_focus;
 
     LOG_DBG("decset=%d, deccsrusr=%d, focus=%d, shutting-down=%d, enable=%d, activate=%d",
             term->cursor_blink.decset, term->cursor_blink.deccsusr,
-            term->kbd_focus, term->shutdown.in_progress,
+            term->visual_focus, term->shutdown.in_progress,
             enable, activate);
 
     if (activate && term->cursor_blink.fd < 0) {