diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm/matchbox-wm_git.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm/matchbox-wm_git.bb
index 422d255951..aa768280a8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm/matchbox-wm_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/matchbox-wm/matchbox-wm_git.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://src/wm.h;endline=21;md5=a7e844465edbcf79c282369f93caa
 SECTION = "x11/wm"
 DEPENDS = "libmatchbox virtual/libx11 libxext libxrender startup-notification expat gconf libxcursor libxfixes"
 
-SRCREV = "29544f0e61cc281fc60061443a537271e1081b78"
+SRCREV = "8178e70d5c742c4cd63b51df228cc8aa3594d518"
 PV = "1.2+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.yoctoproject.org/matchbox-window-manager \