diff --git a/server/cursor-channel.c b/server/cursor-channel.c
index dbe3dfc0..df3561a2 100644
--- a/server/cursor-channel.c
+++ b/server/cursor-channel.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ CursorChannel* cursor_channel_new(RedsState *server, QXLInstance *qxl,
                         "channel-type", SPICE_CHANNEL_CURSOR,
                         "migration-flags", 0,
                         "qxl", qxl,
+                        "handle-acks", TRUE,
                         NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/server/display-channel.c b/server/display-channel.c
index bcf26bb6..63f99861 100644
--- a/server/display-channel.c
+++ b/server/display-channel.c
@@ -1993,6 +1993,7 @@ DisplayChannel* display_channel_new(RedsState *reds,
                            "qxl", qxl,
                            "n-surfaces", n_surfaces,
                            "video-codecs", video_codecs,
+                           "handle-acks", TRUE,
                            NULL);
     if (display) {
         display_channel_set_stream_video(display, stream_video);