diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index 68850768..99c2ee48 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Other Changes:
 - Log/Capture: Fixed CollapsingHeader trailing ascii representation being "#" instead of "##".
 - Examples: OpenGL: Fix for OSX not supporting OpenGL 4.5, we don't try to read GL_CLIP_ORIGIN
   even if the OpenGL headers/loader happens to define the value. (#2366, #2186)
+- Examples: Allegro: Added support for touch events (emulating mouse). (#2219) [@dos1]
 
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/examples/example_allegro5/README.md b/examples/example_allegro5/README.md
index 5fdcc504..1a83fe89 100644
--- a/examples/example_allegro5/README.md
+++ b/examples/example_allegro5/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Note that the back-end supports _BOTH_ 16-bit and 32-bit indices, but 32-bit ind
 - On Ubuntu 14.04+
 
 ```bash
-g++ -DIMGUI_USER_CONFIG=\"examples/example_allegro5/imconfig_allegro5.h\" -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp -lallegro -lallegro_primitives -o allegro5_example
+g++ -DIMGUI_USER_CONFIG=\"examples/example_allegro5/imconfig_allegro5.h\" -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp -lallegro -lallegro_primitives -o allegro5_example
 ```
 
 - On Windows with Visual Studio's CLI
diff --git a/examples/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp b/examples/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp
index ad0e5a35..ffd59d73 100644
--- a/examples/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp
+++ b/examples/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 // CHANGELOG
 // (minor and older changes stripped away, please see git history for details)
+//  2018-11-30: Platform: Added touchscreen support.
 //  2018-11-30: Misc: Setting up io.BackendPlatformName/io.BackendRendererName so they can be displayed in the About Window.
 //  2018-06-13: Platform: Added clipboard support (from Allegro 5.1.12).
 //  2018-06-13: Renderer: Use draw_data->DisplayPos and draw_data->DisplaySize to setup projection matrix and clipping rectangle.
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ bool ImGui_ImplAllegro5_Init(ALLEGRO_DISPLAY* display)
     io.KeyMap[ImGuiKey_X] = ALLEGRO_KEY_X;
     io.KeyMap[ImGuiKey_Y] = ALLEGRO_KEY_Y;
     io.KeyMap[ImGuiKey_Z] = ALLEGRO_KEY_Z;
+    io.MousePos = ImVec2(-FLT_MAX, -FLT_MAX);
 
 #if ALLEGRO_HAS_CLIPBOARD
     io.SetClipboardTextFn = ImGui_ImplAllegro5_SetClipboardText;
@@ -305,8 +307,31 @@ bool ImGui_ImplAllegro5_ProcessEvent(ALLEGRO_EVENT *ev)
     switch (ev->type)
     {
     case ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_AXES:
-        io.MouseWheel += ev->mouse.dz;
-        io.MouseWheelH += ev->mouse.dw;
+        if (ev->mouse.display == g_Display)
+        {
+            io.MouseWheel += ev->mouse.dz;
+            io.MouseWheelH += ev->mouse.dw;
+            io.MousePos = ImVec2(ev->mouse.x, ev->mouse.y);
+        }
+        return true;
+    case ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_BUTTON_DOWN:
+    case ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_BUTTON_UP:
+        if (ev->mouse.display == g_Display && ev->mouse.button <= 5)
+            io.MouseDown[ev->mouse.button - 1] = (ev->type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_BUTTON_DOWN);
+        return true;
+    case ALLEGRO_EVENT_TOUCH_MOVE:
+        if (ev->touch.display == g_Display)
+            io.MousePos = ImVec2(ev->touch.x, ev->touch.y);
+        return true;
+    case ALLEGRO_EVENT_TOUCH_BEGIN:
+    case ALLEGRO_EVENT_TOUCH_END:
+    case ALLEGRO_EVENT_TOUCH_CANCEL:
+        if (ev->touch.display == g_Display && ev->touch.primary)
+            io.MouseDown[0] = (ev->type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_TOUCH_BEGIN);
+        return true;
+    case ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_LEAVE_DISPLAY:
+        if (ev->mouse.display == g_Display)
+            io.MousePos = ImVec2(-FLT_MAX, -FLT_MAX);
         return true;
     case ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR:
         if (ev->keyboard.display == g_Display)
@@ -376,21 +401,5 @@ void ImGui_ImplAllegro5_NewFrame()
     io.KeyAlt = al_key_down(&keys, ALLEGRO_KEY_ALT) || al_key_down(&keys, ALLEGRO_KEY_ALTGR);
     io.KeySuper = al_key_down(&keys, ALLEGRO_KEY_LWIN) || al_key_down(&keys, ALLEGRO_KEY_RWIN);
 
-    ALLEGRO_MOUSE_STATE mouse;
-    if (keys.display == g_Display)
-    {
-        al_get_mouse_state(&mouse);
-        io.MousePos = ImVec2((float)mouse.x, (float)mouse.y);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        io.MousePos = ImVec2(-FLT_MAX, -FLT_MAX);
-    }
-
-    al_get_mouse_state(&mouse);
-    io.MouseDown[0] = mouse.buttons & (1 << 0);
-    io.MouseDown[1] = mouse.buttons & (1 << 1);
-    io.MouseDown[2] = mouse.buttons & (1 << 2);
-
     ImGui_ImplAllegro5_UpdateMouseCursor();
 }