diff --git a/modules/desktop_capture/BUILD.gn b/modules/desktop_capture/BUILD.gn
index eb26f5c7bb..b40b7430f6 100644
--- a/modules/desktop_capture/BUILD.gn
+++ b/modules/desktop_capture/BUILD.gn
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ rtc_library("desktop_capture_generic") {
       "Xfixes",
       "Xrender",
       "Xrandr",
+      "Xtst",
     ]
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.cc b/modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.cc
index c475db6e78..f0b35f62d3 100644
--- a/modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.cc
+++ b/modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.h"
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#include <X11/extensions/XTest.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
@@ -86,4 +87,15 @@ void SharedXDisplay::ProcessPendingXEvents() {
   }
 }
 
+void SharedXDisplay::IgnoreXServerGrabs() {
+  int test_event_base = 0;
+  int test_error_base = 0;
+  int major = 0;
+  int minor = 0;
+  if (XTestQueryExtension(display(), &test_event_base, &test_error_base, &major,
+                          &minor)) {
+    XTestGrabControl(display(), true);
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace webrtc
diff --git a/modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.h b/modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.h
index 98b6101904..64c498c134 100644
--- a/modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.h
+++ b/modules/desktop_capture/linux/shared_x_display.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "api/ref_counted_base.h"
 #include "api/scoped_refptr.h"
 #include "rtc_base/constructor_magic.h"
+#include "rtc_base/system/rtc_export.h"
 
 // Including Xlib.h will involve evil defines (Bool, Status, True, False), which
 // easily conflict with other headers.
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ typedef union _XEvent XEvent;
 namespace webrtc {
 
 // A ref-counted object to store XDisplay connection.
-class SharedXDisplay : public rtc::RefCountedBase {
+class RTC_EXPORT SharedXDisplay : public rtc::RefCountedBase {
  public:
   class XEventHandler {
    public:
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ class SharedXDisplay : public rtc::RefCountedBase {
   // Processes pending XEvents, calling corresponding event handlers.
   void ProcessPendingXEvents();
 
+  void IgnoreXServerGrabs();
+
  protected:
   ~SharedXDisplay() override;