diff --git a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
index 207e33e..d01a831 100644
--- a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
+++ b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
@@ -6476,6 +6476,11 @@
 	    focus = gui.in_focus;
 	}
 
+#if defined(FEAT_NETBEANS_INTG)
+	/* Process the queued netbeans messages. */
+	netbeans_parse_messages();
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * Loop in GTK+ processing  until a timeout or input occurs.
 	 * Skip this if input is available anyway (can happen in rare