diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index ee3a3411e..d87e1c032 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ screen_draw(Screen *self, uint32_t och, bool from_input_stream) {
     if (overlay_text) {
         screen_draw_overlay_text(self, PyUnicode_AsUTF8(overlay_text));
         Py_DECREF(overlay_text);
+        update_ime_position_for_window(self->window_id);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/kitty/state.c b/kitty/state.c
index 90f176aba..747ea9106 100644
--- a/kitty/state.c
+++ b/kitty/state.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ send_pending_click_to_window_id(id_type timer_id UNUSED, void *data) {
     }
 }
 
-static bool
+bool
 update_ime_position_for_window(id_type window_id) {
     for (size_t o = 0; o < global_state.num_os_windows; o++) {
         OSWindow *osw = global_state.os_windows + o;
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ update_ime_position_for_window(id_type window_id) {
             for (size_t w = 0; w < qtab->num_windows; w++) {
                 Window *window = qtab->windows + w;
                 if (window->id == window_id) {
-                    if (window->render_data.screen) {
+                    if (window->render_data.screen && osw->is_focused) {
                         OSWindow *orig = global_state.callback_os_window;
                         global_state.callback_os_window = osw;
                         update_ime_position(window, window->render_data.screen);
diff --git a/kitty/state.h b/kitty/state.h
index b4dac9b03..42cd10643 100644
--- a/kitty/state.h
+++ b/kitty/state.h
@@ -323,3 +323,4 @@ bool draw_window_title(OSWindow *window, const char *text, color_type fg, color_
 uint8_t* draw_single_ascii_char(const char ch, size_t *result_width, size_t *result_height);
 bool is_os_window_fullscreen(OSWindow *);
 void update_ime_position(Window* w, Screen *screen);
+bool update_ime_position_for_window(id_type window_id);