diff --git a/plugins/showmouse/showmouse.xml.in b/plugins/showmouse/showmouse.xml.in
index 32e0d83e0a56e285ffa67dd9802b66efba2df743..d6f9cd12fed87713eb4d9a041954772e66057b62 100644
--- a/plugins/showmouse/showmouse.xml.in
+++ b/plugins/showmouse/showmouse.xml.in
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 		<_long>Increases the visibility of the mouse pointer</_long>
 		<category>Accessibility</category>
 		<deps>
+			<relation type="before">
+				<plugin>ezoom</plugin>
+			</relation>
 			<relation type="after">
 				<plugin>opengl</plugin>
 				<plugin>mousepoll</plugin>