diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/gui.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/gui.cc
index dbf75b5bb3..c8c7060038 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/gui.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/gui.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ struct Gui::Session_component : Rpc_object<Gui::Session>
 			 * Augment input stream with sequence numbers to correlate
 			 * clicks with hover reports.
 			 */
-			if (ev.key_press(Input::BTN_LEFT) || ev.key_release(Input::BTN_LEFT)) {
+			bool const advance_seq_number = ev.key_press(Input::BTN_LEFT)
+			                             || ev.key_release(Input::BTN_LEFT)
+			                             || ev.touch();
+			if (advance_seq_number) {
 				_global_input_seq_number.value++;
 				_input_component.submit(_global_input_seq_number);
 			}
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
index f6a04842f9..2c409c72a1 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ struct Sculpt::Main : Input_event_handler,
 	{
 		bool need_generate_dialog = false;
 
-		if (ev.key_press(Input::BTN_LEFT)) {
+		if (ev.key_press(Input::BTN_LEFT) || ev.touch()) {
 			_clicked_seq_number.construct(_global_input_seq_number);
 			_try_handle_click();
 		}