diff --git a/.changes/fix-listen_global-not-getting-events.md b/.changes/fix-listen_global-not-getting-events.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1d671174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-listen_global-not-getting-events.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch
+---
+
+Fixes `app.listen_global` not receiving events emitted in javascript.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/event.rs b/core/tauri/src/event.rs
index 40370f0e8..6871f076f 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/event.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/event.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ impl Listeners {
       Ok(lock) => {
         if let Some(handlers) = lock.get(event) {
           for (&id, handler) in handlers {
-            if window.is_none() || window == handler.window {
+            if handler.window.is_none() || window == handler.window {
               maybe_pending = true;
               (handler.callback)(self::Event {
                 id,