diff --git a/js/ui/gestures/gesturesManager.js b/js/ui/gestures/gesturesManager.js
index 6ff2eb141b..9cc1aaab6e 100644
--- a/js/ui/gestures/gesturesManager.js
+++ b/js/ui/gestures/gesturesManager.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const { Gio, GObject, Cinnamon } = imports.gi;
 const Util = imports.misc.util;
 const SignalManager = imports.misc.signalManager;
+const ScreenSaver = imports.misc.screenSaver;
 
 const actions = imports.ui.gestures.actions;
 const { GestureType,  GestureDirection, DeviceType } = imports.ui.gestures.ToucheggTypes;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ var GesturesManager = class {
         this.signalManager = new SignalManager.SignalManager(null);
         this.settings = new Gio.Settings({ schema_id: SCHEMA })
         this.signalManager.connect(this.settings, "changed", this.settings_or_devices_changed, this);
-
+        this.screenSaverProxy = new ScreenSaver.ScreenSaverProxy();
         this.have_device = false;
         this.client = null;
         this.current_gesture = null;
@@ -209,6 +210,11 @@ var GesturesManager = class {
             this.current_gesture = null;
         }
 
+        if (this.screenSaverProxy.screenSaverActive) {
+            debug_gesture(`Ignoring 'gesture-begin', screensaver is active`);
+            return;
+        }
+
         const definition_match = this.lookup_definition(type, direction, fingers);
 
         if (definition_match == null) {