diff --git a/input.cpp b/input.cpp
--- a/input.cpp
+++ b/input.cpp
@@ -1520,6 +1520,46 @@
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Useful when there's no proper tablet support on the clients
+ */
+class FakeTabletInputFilter : public InputEventFilter
+{
+public:
+    FakeTabletInputFilter()
+    {
+    }
+
+    bool tabletToolEvent(QTabletEvent *event) override
+    {
+        if (!workspace()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        switch (event->type()) {
+        case QEvent::TabletMove:
+        case QEvent::TabletEnterProximity:
+            input()->pointer()->processMotion(event->globalPosF(), event->timestamp());
+            break;
+        case QEvent::TabletPress:
+            input()->pointer()->processButton(KWin::qtMouseButtonToButton(Qt::LeftButton),
+                                              InputRedirection::PointerButtonPressed, event->timestamp());
+            break;
+        case QEvent::TabletRelease:
+            input()->pointer()->processButton(KWin::qtMouseButtonToButton(Qt::LeftButton),
+                                              InputRedirection::PointerButtonReleased, event->timestamp());
+            break;
+        case QEvent::TabletLeaveProximity:
+            break;
+        default:
+            qCWarning(KWIN_CORE) << "Unexpected tablet event type" << event;
+            break;
+        }
+        waylandServer()->simulateUserActivity();
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
 class DragAndDropInputFilter : public InputEventFilter
 {
 public:
@@ -1881,6 +1921,7 @@
     if (waylandServer()) {
         installInputEventFilter(new WindowActionInputFilter);
         installInputEventFilter(new ForwardInputFilter);
+        installInputEventFilter(new FakeTabletInputFilter);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/pointer_input.h b/pointer_input.h
--- a/pointer_input.h
+++ b/pointer_input.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 class Device;
 }
 
+uint32_t qtMouseButtonToButton(Qt::MouseButton button);
+
 class KWIN_EXPORT PointerInputRedirection : public InputDeviceHandler
 {
     Q_OBJECT
diff --git a/pointer_input.cpp b/pointer_input.cpp
--- a/pointer_input.cpp
+++ b/pointer_input.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
     { 0x11f , Qt::ExtraButton13 },
 };
 
+uint32_t qtMouseButtonToButton(Qt::MouseButton button)
+{
+    return s_buttonToQtMouseButton.key(button);
+}
+
 static Qt::MouseButton buttonToQtMouseButton(uint32_t button)
 {
     // all other values get mapped to ExtraButton24
@@ -91,7 +96,6 @@
     // buttons are pressed is correct and that's all we care about.
     return s_buttonToQtMouseButton.value(button, Qt::ExtraButton24);
 }
-}
 
 static bool screenContainsPos(const QPointF &pos)
 {