diff --git a/js/ui/ibusCandidatePopup.js b/js/ui/ibusCandidatePopup.js
index c57e289cb..340f9a8e1 100644
--- a/js/ui/ibusCandidatePopup.js
+++ b/js/ui/ibusCandidatePopup.js
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ class IbusCandidatePopup extends BoxPointer.BoxPointer {
                 indexes.push(indexLabel.get_text());
 
             Main.keyboard.resetSuggestions();
+            Main.keyboard.setSuggestionsVisible(visible);
 
             let candidates = [];
             for (let i = startIndex; i < endIndex; ++i) {
@@ -289,10 +290,12 @@ class IbusCandidatePopup extends BoxPointer.BoxPointer {
             this._candidateArea.updateButtons(lookupTable.is_round(), page, nPages);
         });
         panelService.connect('show-lookup-table', () => {
+            Main.keyboard.setSuggestionsVisible(true);
             this._candidateArea.show();
             this._updateVisibility();
         });
         panelService.connect('hide-lookup-table', () => {
+            Main.keyboard.setSuggestionsVisible(false);
             this._candidateArea.hide();
             this._updateVisibility();
         });
diff --git a/js/ui/keyboard.js b/js/ui/keyboard.js
index c819265eb..ac2a800b4 100644
--- a/js/ui/keyboard.js
+++ b/js/ui/keyboard.js
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ class Suggestions extends St.BoxLayout {
     clear() {
         this.remove_all_children();
     }
+
+    setVisible(visible) {
+        for (const child of this)
+            child.visible = visible;
+    }
 });
 
 var LanguageSelectionPopup = class extends PopupMenu.PopupMenu {
@@ -1940,6 +1945,10 @@ var Keyboard = GObject.registerClass({
             this._suggestions.clear();
     }
 
+    setSuggestionsVisible(visible) {
+        this._suggestions?.setVisible(visible);
+    }
+
     addSuggestion(text, callback) {
         if (!this._suggestions)
             return;