diff --git a/Packages/VNCCore/Sources/VNCCore/Session/SessionController.swift b/Packages/VNCCore/Sources/VNCCore/Session/SessionController.swift
index f8ad548..1d62528 100644
--- a/Packages/VNCCore/Sources/VNCCore/Session/SessionController.swift
+++ b/Packages/VNCCore/Sources/VNCCore/Session/SessionController.swift
@@ -331,7 +331,11 @@ public final class SessionController {
             isShared: true,
             isScalingEnabled: false,
             useDisplayLink: false,
-            inputMode: .none,
+            // Any value other than .none, otherwise RoyalVNCKit drops every
+            // enqueued PointerEvent/KeyEvent. On iOS we don't have local
+            // keyboard shortcuts to worry about, so pick the most permissive
+            // forwarding mode.
+            inputMode: .forwardKeyboardShortcutsEvenIfInUseLocally,
             isClipboardRedirectionEnabled: clipboardSyncEnabled,
             colorDepth: .depth24Bit,
             frameEncodings: preferredEncodings