diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e90212c..219511b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
 APPDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/applications
 ICODIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor/
 
-PACKAGES = x11 x11-xcb xcb-renderutil xcb-render xcb-damage xcb-randr xcb-composite xcb-shape xcb-image xfixes xext
+PACKAGES = x11 x11-xcb xcb-renderutil xcb-render xcb-damage xcb-randr xcb-composite xcb-shape xcb-image xcb-xfixes xfixes xext
 LIBS = -lm -lrt
 INCS =
 
diff --git a/src/compton.c b/src/compton.c
index 45dfc29..a8fdefe 100644
--- a/src/compton.c
+++ b/src/compton.c
@@ -5393,6 +5393,7 @@ session_init(session_t *ps_old, int argc, char **argv) {
   xcb_prefetch_extension_data(c, &xcb_composite_id);
   xcb_prefetch_extension_data(c, &xcb_damage_id);
   xcb_prefetch_extension_data(c, &xcb_shape_id);
+  xcb_prefetch_extension_data(c, &xcb_xfixes_id);
   xcb_prefetch_extension_data(c, &xcb_randr_id);
   xcb_prefetch_extension_data(c, &xcb_xinerama_id);
 
@@ -5436,10 +5437,15 @@ session_init(session_t *ps_old, int argc, char **argv) {
   xcb_discard_reply(c,
       xcb_damage_query_version(c, XCB_DAMAGE_MAJOR_VERSION, XCB_DAMAGE_MINOR_VERSION).sequence);
 
-  if (!XFixesQueryExtension(ps->dpy, &ps->xfixes_event, &ps->xfixes_error)) {
+  ext_info = xcb_get_extension_data(c, &xcb_xfixes_id);
+  if (!ext_info || !ext_info->present) {
     fprintf(stderr, "No XFixes extension\n");
     exit(1);
   }
+  ps->xfixes_event = ext_info->first_event;
+  ps->xfixes_error = ext_info->first_error;
+  xcb_discard_reply(c,
+      xcb_xfixes_query_version(c, XCB_XFIXES_MAJOR_VERSION, XCB_XFIXES_MINOR_VERSION).sequence);
 
   // Build a safe representation of display name
   {