diff --git a/DOCS/tech/slave.txt b/DOCS/tech/slave.txt
index 2ad276defd..df23826c3c 100644
--- a/DOCS/tech/slave.txt
+++ b/DOCS/tech/slave.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ As a temporary hack, there is also the _experimental_ "pausing_keep_force "
 prefix, with which MPlayer will not exit the pause loop at all.
 Like this you can avoid the "frame stepping" effect of "pausing_keep "
 but most commands will either not work at all or behave in unexpected ways.
+For "set_mouse_pos" and "key_down_event", "pausing_keep_force" is the default
+since other values do not make much sense for them.
 
 
 Available commands ('mplayer -input cmdlist' will print a list):
diff --git a/input/input.c b/input/input.c
index dcbeb2b11d..a12dd27958 100644
--- a/input/input.c
+++ b/input/input.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ int mp_input_parse_and_queue_cmds(const char *str) {
 mp_cmd_t*
 mp_input_parse_cmd(char* str) {
   int i,l;
-  int pausing = 0;
+  int pausing = -1;
   char *ptr,*e;
   mp_cmd_t *cmd;
   const mp_cmd_t *cmd_def;
@@ -817,6 +817,15 @@ mp_input_parse_cmd(char* str) {
   cmd = calloc(1, sizeof(mp_cmd_t));
   cmd->id = cmd_def->id;
   cmd->name = strdup(cmd_def->name);
+  if (pausing == -1) {
+    switch (cmd->id) {
+      case MP_CMD_KEYDOWN_EVENTS:
+      case MP_CMD_SET_MOUSE_POS:
+        pausing = 4; break;
+      default:
+        pausing = 0; break;
+    }
+  }
   cmd->pausing = pausing;
 
   ptr = str;
diff --git a/mplayer.c b/mplayer.c
index 1b6a35025b..81fc389ae0 100644
--- a/mplayer.c
+++ b/mplayer.c
@@ -2346,8 +2346,7 @@ static void pause_loop(void)
     if (mpctx->audio_out && mpctx->sh_audio)
 	mpctx->audio_out->pause();	// pause audio, keep data if possible
 
-    while ( (cmd = mp_input_get_cmd(20, 1, 1)) == NULL
-            || cmd->id == MP_CMD_SET_MOUSE_POS || cmd->pausing == 4) {
+    while ( (cmd = mp_input_get_cmd(20, 1, 1)) == NULL || cmd->pausing == 4) {
 	if (cmd) {
 	  cmd = mp_input_get_cmd(0,1,0);
 	  run_command(mpctx, cmd);