diff --git a/Engine/ac/gamesetup.h b/Engine/ac/gamesetup.h
index bfec617336..ad34faf2b2 100644
--- a/Engine/ac/gamesetup.h
+++ b/Engine/ac/gamesetup.h
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ struct GameConfig
     float   MouseSpeed           = 1.f;
     // Touch-to-mouse emulation mode (how the touches are handled overall)
     TouchMouseEmulation TouchEmulateMouse = kTouchMouse_None; // touch-to-mouse style
-    bool    TouchMotionRelative = false; // touch control abs/relative mode
+    bool    TouchMotionRelative  = false; // touch control abs/relative mode
+    // Mouse-to-touch emulation (LMB creates touch events)
+    bool    MouseEmulateTouch    = false;
 
     // Cache options
     size_t  SpriteCacheSize      = DefSpriteCacheSize; // in KB
diff --git a/Engine/device/mousew32.cpp b/Engine/device/mousew32.cpp
index 79c5530cb2..4094138ca0 100644
--- a/Engine/device/mousew32.cpp
+++ b/Engine/device/mousew32.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ void Mouse::SetTouch2MouseMode(TouchMouseEmulation mode, bool relative, float sp
     ags_touch_set_mouse_emulation(mode, relative, speed);
 }
 
+void Mouse::SetMouse2Touch(bool enable)
+{
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_MOUSE_TOUCH_EVENTS, enable ? "1" : "0");
+}
+
 void Mouse::SetSpeedUnit(float f)
 {
     SpeedUnit = f;
diff --git a/Engine/device/mousew32.h b/Engine/device/mousew32.h
index 000c9b7d4a..57785c8da3 100644
--- a/Engine/device/mousew32.h
+++ b/Engine/device/mousew32.h
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ namespace Mouse
     void SetMovementControl(bool on);
     // Tell if the mouse movement control is enabled
     bool IsControlEnabled();
-    // Set the touch2mouse motion mode: absolute/relative
+    // Set the touch2mouse emulation mode and absolute/relative motion mode
     void SetTouch2MouseMode(TouchMouseEmulation mode, bool relative, float speed);
+    // Set the mouse2touch emulation mode
+    void SetMouse2Touch(bool enable);
     // Set base speed factor, which would serve as a mouse speed unit
     void SetSpeedUnit(float f);
     // Get base speed factor
diff --git a/Engine/main/config.cpp b/Engine/main/config.cpp
index b0384ab84c..0d3e9b27d3 100644
--- a/Engine/main/config.cpp
+++ b/Engine/main/config.cpp
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ void load_common_config(const ConfigTree &cfg, GameConfig &setup)
         CfgReadString(cfg, "touch", "emul_mouse_mode", "one_finger"),
         CstrArr<kNumTouchMouseModes>{ "off", "one_finger", "two_fingers" }, setup.TouchEmulateMouse);
     setup.TouchMotionRelative = CfgReadBoolInt(cfg, "touch", "emul_mouse_relative");
+    setup.MouseEmulateTouch = CfgReadBoolInt(cfg, "touch", "mouse_as_touch", setup.MouseEmulateTouch);
 
     // Translation / localization
     setup.Translation = CfgReadString(cfg, "language", "translation");
diff --git a/Engine/main/engine_setup.cpp b/Engine/main/engine_setup.cpp
index 271170f908..952402a319 100644
--- a/Engine/main/engine_setup.cpp
+++ b/Engine/main/engine_setup.cpp
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ void engine_post_gfxmode_mouse_setup(const Size &init_desktop)
     Debug::Printf(kDbgMsg_Info, "Mouse speed control: %s, unit: %f, user value: %f",
         usetup.MouseCtrlEnabled ? "enabled" : "disabled", Mouse::GetSpeedUnit(), Mouse::GetSpeed());
     Mouse::SetTouch2MouseMode(usetup.TouchEmulateMouse, usetup.TouchMotionRelative, usetup.MouseSpeed);
-    Debug::Printf(kDbgMsg_Info, "Touch-to-mouse motion mode: %s",
-        usetup.TouchMotionRelative ? "relative" : "absolute");
+    Mouse::SetMouse2Touch(usetup.MouseEmulateTouch);
+    const char *emul_mode_names[] = { "none", "one finger", "two fingers" };
+    Debug::Printf(kDbgMsg_Info, "Touch-to-mouse emulation: %s, motion: %s",
+        emul_mode_names[usetup.TouchEmulateMouse], usetup.TouchMotionRelative ? "relative" : "absolute");
+    Debug::Printf(kDbgMsg_Info, "Mouse-to-touch emulation: %s", usetup.MouseEmulateTouch ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 
     on_coordinates_scaling_changed();