diff --git a/osu.Game/Input/Bindings/GlobalActionContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Input/Bindings/GlobalActionContainer.cs
index 8ccdb9249e..6d038c43cf 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Input/Bindings/GlobalActionContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Input/Bindings/GlobalActionContainer.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -14,11 +15,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Input.Bindings
     {
         private readonly Drawable handler;
 
-        public GlobalActionContainer(OsuGameBase game)
+        public GlobalActionContainer(OsuGameBase game, bool nested = false)
             : base(matchingMode: KeyCombinationMatchingMode.Modifiers)
         {
             if (game is IKeyBindingHandler<GlobalAction>)
                 handler = game;
+
+            GetInputQueue = () => base.KeyBindingInputQueue.ToArray();
         }
 
         public override IEnumerable<IKeyBinding> DefaultKeyBindings => GlobalKeyBindings.Concat(InGameKeyBindings).Concat(AudioControlKeyBindings).Concat(EditorKeyBindings);
@@ -91,8 +94,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Input.Bindings
             new KeyBinding(InputKey.F3, GlobalAction.MusicPlay)
         };
 
+        public Func<Drawable[]> GetInputQueue { get; set; }
+
         protected override IEnumerable<Drawable> KeyBindingInputQueue =>
-            handler == null ? base.KeyBindingInputQueue : base.KeyBindingInputQueue.Prepend(handler);
+            handler == null ? GetInputQueue() : GetInputQueue().Prepend(handler);
     }
 
     public enum GlobalAction
diff --git a/osu.Game/Input/Bindings/GlobalInputManager.cs b/osu.Game/Input/Bindings/GlobalInputManager.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..475397408a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Input/Bindings/GlobalInputManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System.Linq;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Input;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Input.Bindings
+{
+    public class GlobalInputManager : PassThroughInputManager
+    {
+        public readonly GlobalActionContainer GlobalBindings;
+
+        protected override Container<Drawable> Content { get; }
+
+        public GlobalInputManager(OsuGameBase game)
+        {
+            InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
+            {
+                Content = new Container
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                },
+                // to avoid positional input being blocked by children, ensure the GlobalActionContainer is above everything.
+                GlobalBindings = new GlobalActionContainer(game, true)
+                {
+                    GetInputQueue = () => NonPositionalInputQueue.ToArray()
+                },
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index e1c7b67a8c..bff3e15bfb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
             MenuCursorContainer = new MenuCursorContainer { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both };
 
-            GlobalActionContainer globalBindings;
+            GlobalInputManager globalInput;
 
-            MenuCursorContainer.Child = globalBindings = new GlobalActionContainer(this)
+            MenuCursorContainer.Child = globalInput = new GlobalInputManager(this)
             {
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                 Child = content = new OsuTooltipContainer(MenuCursorContainer.Cursor) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both }
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
             base.Content.Add(CreateScalingContainer().WithChild(MenuCursorContainer));
 
-            KeyBindingStore.Register(globalBindings);
-            dependencies.Cache(globalBindings);
+            KeyBindingStore.Register(globalInput.GlobalBindings);
+            dependencies.Cache(globalInput.GlobalBindings);
 
             PreviewTrackManager previewTrackManager;
             dependencies.Cache(previewTrackManager = new PreviewTrackManager());