diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 15dcb50e9..60bc20230 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ using `USE_MULTIMEDIA`. Valid values are `ffmpeg`, `oiio` (for OpenImageIO),
 or `none`. Without a multimedia engine, Notcurses will be unable to decode
 images and videos.
 
+To get mouse events in the Linux console, you'll need the GPM daemon running,
+and you'll need run `cmake` with `-DUSE_GPM=on`.
+
 Run unit tests with `make test` following a successful build. If you have unit
 test failures, *please* file a bug including the output of
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 431bc4353..f64d48fd2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 This document attempts to list user-visible changes and any major internal
 rearrangements of Notcurses.
 
+* 2.3.19 (not yet released)
+  * Mouse events in the Linux console are now reported from GPM when built
+    with `-DUSE_GPM=on`.
+
 * 2.3.18 (2021-08-31)
   * No user-visible changes.
 
diff --git a/src/lib/gpm.c b/src/lib/gpm.c
index 31ad91f35..dc0baa6b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/gpm.c
+++ b/src/lib/gpm.c
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ static Gpm_Connect gpmconn;    // gpm server handle
 
 static void*
 gpmwatcher(void* vti){
+  static char cmdbuf[20]; // max is '\x1b[<int;int;intM'
+  cmdbuf[0] = '\x1b';
+  cmdbuf[1] = '[';
+  cmdbuf[2] = '<';
   tinfo* ti = vti;
-  (void)ti; // FIXME
   Gpm_Event gev;
+  const int space = sizeof(cmdbuf) - 3;
   while(true){
     if(!Gpm_GetEvent(&gev)){
       logerror("error reading from gpm daemon\n");
@@ -18,7 +22,17 @@ gpmwatcher(void* vti){
     }
     loginfo("got gpm event y=%hd x=%hd mod=%u butt=%u\n", gev.y, gev.x,
             (unsigned)gev.modifiers, (unsigned)gev.buttons);
-    // FIXME decode event and enqueue to input layer
+    if(gev.y < 0 || gev.x < 0){
+      logwarn("negative input %hd %hd", gev.x, gev.y);
+      continue;
+    }
+    ++gev.x;
+    ++gev.y;
+    if(snprintf(cmdbuf + 3, space, "%hd;%hd;%hdM", 0, gev.x, gev.y) >= space){
+      logwarn("input overflowed %hd %hd\n", gev.x, gev.y);
+      continue;
+    }
+    ncinput_shovel(&ti->input, cmdbuf, strlen(cmdbuf));
   }
   return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/input.c b/src/lib/input.c
index ef8bc3ffb..cc0f8a905 100644
--- a/src/lib/input.c
+++ b/src/lib/input.c
@@ -535,12 +535,15 @@ handle_queued_input(ncinputlayer* nc, ncinput* ni,
   return ret;
 }
 
-int ncinput_shovel(ncinputlayer* ni, const unsigned char* buf, size_t len){
+int ncinput_shovel(ncinputlayer* ni, const char* buf, size_t len){
   int ret = -1;
   pthread_mutex_lock(&ni->lock);
   size_t space = input_queue_space(ni);
   if(len < space){
     size_t spaceback = sizeof(ni->inputbuf) / sizeof(*ni->inputbuf) - ni->inputbuf_write_at;
+    if(spaceback > len){
+      spaceback = len;
+    }
     memcpy(ni->inputbuf + ni->inputbuf_write_at, buf, spaceback);
     len -= spaceback;
     ni->inputbuf_write_at += spaceback;
diff --git a/src/lib/input.h b/src/lib/input.h
index 420d5517a..24fbbd5f0 100644
--- a/src/lib/input.h
+++ b/src/lib/input.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int cbreak_mode(struct tinfo* ti);
 // appropriate. we can be interrupted by a new user context.
 void ncinput_extract_clrs(struct tinfo* ti);
 
-int ncinput_shovel(struct ncinputlayer* ni, const unsigned char* buf, size_t len);
+int ncinput_shovel(struct ncinputlayer* ni, const char* buf, size_t len);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }