diff --git a/.changes/loop-proxy.md b/.changes/loop-proxy.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..364933c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/loop-proxy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tao": patch
+---
+
+On Linux, wake the main context in `EventLoopProxy::send_event()`.
+
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/linux/event_loop.rs b/src/platform_impl/linux/event_loop.rs
index ab82b9546..d363074b2 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/linux/event_loop.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/linux/event_loop.rs
@@ -1088,7 +1088,12 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoopProxy<T> {
         } else {
           unreachable!();
         }
-      })
+      })?;
+
+    let context = MainContext::default();
+    context.wakeup();
+
+    Ok(())
   }
 }