diff --git a/src/autotype/x11/AutoTypeX11.cpp b/src/autotype/x11/AutoTypeX11.cpp
index 1f4593440..afa0e1de3 100644
--- a/src/autotype/x11/AutoTypeX11.cpp
+++ b/src/autotype/x11/AutoTypeX11.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ QList<Window> AutoTypePlatformX11::widgetsToX11Windows(const QWidgetList& widget
     QList<Window> windows;
 
     Q_FOREACH (const QWidget* widget, widgetList) {
-        windows.append(widget->winId());
+        windows.append(widget->effectiveWinId());
     }
 
     return windows;