diff --git a/examples/smoketest/selections.js b/examples/smoketest/selections.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f2f601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/smoketest/selections.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+var x11 = require('../../lib/x11');
+
+x11.createClient(function(display) {
+    var X = display.client;
+    var id = parseInt(process.argv[2]);
+    var root = display.screen[0].root;
+    X.SetSelectionOwner(root, X.atoms.PRIMARY);
+    X.GetSelectionOwner(X.atoms.PRIMARY, function(err, win) {
+        console.log(err, win, root);
+    });
+    X.on('event', console.log);
+    X.on('error', console.error);
+});
diff --git a/lib/x11/corereqs.js b/lib/x11/corereqs.js
index 0cfc159..1519a21 100644
--- a/lib/x11/corereqs.js
+++ b/lib/x11/corereqs.js
@@ -334,6 +334,27 @@ module.exports = {
        }
    ],
 
+   SetSelectionOwner: [
+      function(owner, selection, time)
+      {
+          if (!time)
+              time = 0; // current time
+          return ['CxSLLL', [22, 4, owner, selection, time]];
+      }
+   ],
+
+   GetSelectionOwner: [
+      function(selection)
+      {
+          return ['CxSL', [23, 2, selection]];
+      },
+
+      function(buf) {
+          console.log(buf);
+          return buf.unpack('L')[0];
+      }
+   ],
+
    SendEvent: [
 
        function(destination, propagate, eventMask, eventRawData)