diff --git a/glfw/dbus_glfw.c b/glfw/dbus_glfw.c
index 235a29636..38b49f5d9 100644
--- a/glfw/dbus_glfw.c
+++ b/glfw/dbus_glfw.c
@@ -273,3 +273,18 @@ glfw_dbus_call_method_no_reply(DBusConnection *conn, const char *node, const cha
     va_end(ap);
     return retval;
 }
+
+int
+glfw_dbus_match_signal(DBusMessage *msg, const char *interface, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, interface);
+    int ans = -1, num = -1;
+    while(1) {
+        num++;
+        const char *name = va_arg(ap, const char*);
+        if (!name) break;
+        if (dbus_message_is_signal(msg, interface, name)) { ans = num; break; }
+    }
+    va_end(ap);
+    return ans;
+}
diff --git a/glfw/dbus_glfw.h b/glfw/dbus_glfw.h
index e391bf703..bb358e353 100644
--- a/glfw/dbus_glfw.h
+++ b/glfw/dbus_glfw.h
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ GLFWbool
 glfw_dbus_call_method_with_reply(DBusConnection *conn, const char *node, const char *path, const char *interface, const char *method, dbus_pending_callback callback, void *user_data, ...);
 void glfw_dbus_dispatch(DBusConnection *);
 GLFWbool glfw_dbus_get_args(DBusMessage *msg, const char *failmsg, ...);
+int glfw_dbus_match_signal(DBusMessage *msg, const char *interface, ...);
diff --git a/glfw/ibus_glfw.c b/glfw/ibus_glfw.c
index 4d4a3dad7..86e8badb9 100644
--- a/glfw/ibus_glfw.c
+++ b/glfw/ibus_glfw.c
@@ -58,14 +58,78 @@ MIN(size_t a, size_t b) {
     return a < b ? a : b;
 }
 
+static const char*
+get_ibus_text_from_message(DBusMessage *msg) {
+    /* The message structure is (from dbus-monitor)
+       variant       struct {
+         string "IBusText"
+         array [
+         ]
+         string "ash "
+         variant             struct {
+               string "IBusAttrList"
+               array [
+               ]
+               array [
+               ]
+            }
+      }
+    */
+    const char *text = NULL;
+    const char *struct_id = NULL;
+    DBusMessageIter iter, sub1, sub2;
+    dbus_message_iter_init(msg, &iter);
+
+    if (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(&iter) != DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT) return NULL;
+
+    dbus_message_iter_recurse(&iter, &sub1);
+
+    if (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(&sub1) != DBUS_TYPE_STRUCT) return NULL;
+
+    dbus_message_iter_recurse(&sub1, &sub2);
+
+    if (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(&sub2) != DBUS_TYPE_STRING) return NULL;
+
+    dbus_message_iter_get_basic(&sub2, &struct_id);
+    if (!struct_id || strncmp(struct_id, "IBusText", sizeof("IBusText")) != 0) return NULL;
+
+    dbus_message_iter_next(&sub2);
+    dbus_message_iter_next(&sub2);
+
+    if (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(&sub2) != DBUS_TYPE_STRING) return NULL;
+
+    dbus_message_iter_get_basic(&sub2, &text);
+
+    return text;
+}
+
 
 // Connection handling {{{
 static void set_cursor_geometry(_GLFWIBUSData *ibus, int x, int y, int w, int h);
 
 static DBusHandlerResult
 message_handler(DBusConnection *conn, DBusMessage *msg, void *user_data) {
+    // To monitor signals from IBUS, use
+    //  dbus-monitor --address `ibus address` "type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.IBus.InputContext'"
     _GLFWIBUSData *ibus = (_GLFWIBUSData*)user_data;
     (void)ibus;
+    const char *text;
+    switch(glfw_dbus_match_signal(msg, IBUS_INPUT_INTERFACE, "CommitText", "UpdatePreeditText", "HidePreeditText", "ShowPreeditText")) {
+        case 0:
+            text = get_ibus_text_from_message(msg);
+            debug("IBUS: CommitText: '%s'\n", text ? text : "(nil)");
+            break;
+        case 1:
+            text = get_ibus_text_from_message(msg);
+            debug("IBUS: UpdatePreeditText: '%s'\n", text ? text : "(nil)");
+            break;
+        case 2:
+            debug("IBUS: HidePreeditText\n");
+            break;
+        case 3:
+            debug("IBUS: ShowPreeditText\n");
+            break;
+    }
     return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;
 }