diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_canvas_events.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_canvas_events.cc
index effda8c0c0..14b9b5bd3f 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_canvas_events.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_canvas_events.cc
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ Editor::canvas_frame_handle_event (GdkEvent* event, ArdourCanvas::Item* item, Re
 		ret = motion_handler (item, event);
 		break;
 	case GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY:
+		set_entered_regionview (rv);
 		ret = enter_handler (item, event, type);
 		break;
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc b/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
index bca446705f..fb319d7724 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/region_view.cc
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ RegionView::init (bool wfd)
 		frame_handle_end->raise_to_top();
 	}
 
+	if (frame) {
+		frame->Event.connect (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &RegionView::canvas_group_event));
+	}
+
 	if (name_text) {
 		name_text->set_data ("regionview", this);
 		name_text->Event.connect (sigc::bind (sigc::mem_fun (PublicEditor::instance(), &PublicEditor::canvas_region_view_name_event), name_text, this));