diff --git a/docs/reference/gdk/gdk3-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gdk/gdk3-sections.txt
index bcbe15a6f5..edcd409228 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gdk/gdk3-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gdk/gdk3-sections.txt
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ gdk_event_get_root_coords
 gdk_event_get_scroll_direction
 gdk_event_get_state
 gdk_event_get_time
-gdk_event_get_touch_id
+gdk_event_get_touch_sequence
 gdk_event_get_touch_area
 gdk_event_request_motions
 gdk_events_get_angle
diff --git a/gdk/gdk.symbols b/gdk/gdk.symbols
index f73ce401cf..c461d0558d 100644
--- a/gdk/gdk.symbols
+++ b/gdk/gdk.symbols
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ gdk_event_get_scroll_direction
 gdk_event_get_source_device
 gdk_event_get_state
 gdk_event_get_time
-gdk_event_get_touch_id
+gdk_event_get_touch_sequence
 gdk_event_get_touch_area
 gdk_event_get_type
 gdk_event_handler_set
diff --git a/gdk/gdkevents.c b/gdk/gdkevents.c
index a6123d6448..47cff7fc19 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkevents.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkevents.c
@@ -1791,40 +1791,30 @@ gdk_event_get_screen (const GdkEvent *event)
 }
 
 /**
- * gdk_event_get_touch_id:
+ * gdk_event_get_touch_sequence:
  * @event: a #GdkEvent
- * @touch_id: return location of the touch ID of a touch event
  *
  * If @event if of type %GDK_TOUCH_BEGIN, %GDK_TOUCH_UPDATE,
- * %GDK_TOUCH_END or %GDK_TOUCH_CANCEL, fills in @touch_id and
- * returns %TRUE, else it returns %FALSE.
+ * %GDK_TOUCH_END or %GDK_TOUCH_CANCEL, returns the #GdkTouchSequence
+ * to which the event belongs. Otherwise, return %NULL.
  *
- * Returns: %TRUE if the touch ID can be extracted from @event.
+ * Returns: the touch sequence that the event belongs to
  *
  * Since: 3.4
  */
-gboolean
-gdk_event_get_touch_id (const GdkEvent *event,
-                        guint          *touch_id)
+GdkTouchSequence *
+gdk_event_get_touch_sequence (const GdkEvent *event)
 {
   if (!event)
-    return FALSE;
+    return NULL;
 
   if (event->type == GDK_TOUCH_BEGIN ||
       event->type == GDK_TOUCH_UPDATE ||
       event->type == GDK_TOUCH_END ||
       event->type == GDK_TOUCH_CANCEL)
-    {
-      if (touch_id)
-        *touch_id = event->touch.touch_id;
-      return TRUE;
-    }
+    return event->touch.sequence;
   else
-    {
-      if (touch_id)
-        *touch_id = 0;
-      return FALSE;
-    }
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/gdk/gdkevents.h b/gdk/gdkevents.h
index 8b59e67833..529a96ce90 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkevents.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkevents.h
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ typedef struct _GdkEventWindowState GdkEventWindowState;
 typedef struct _GdkEventSetting     GdkEventSetting;
 typedef struct _GdkEventGrabBroken  GdkEventGrabBroken;
 
+typedef struct _GdkTouchSequence    GdkTouchSequence;
+
 typedef union  _GdkEvent	    GdkEvent;
 
 /**
@@ -656,7 +658,7 @@ struct _GdkEventMotion
  *
  * If the event has a type of %GDK_TOUCH_PRESS or %GDK_TOUCH_RELEASE,
  * this event will pertain to a sequence identified by
- * gdk_event_get_touch_id(). With multitouch devices, there may be
+ * gdk_event_get_touch_sequence(). With multitouch devices, there may be
  * several ongoing sequences.
  */
 struct _GdkEventButton
@@ -689,7 +691,7 @@ struct _GdkEventButton
  * @state: (type GdkModifierType): a bit-mask representing the state of
  *   the modifier keys (e.g. Control, Shift and Alt) and the pointer
  *   buttons. See #GdkModifierType.
- * @touch_id: touch ID
+ * @sequence: the touch sequence that the event belongs to
  * @device: the device where the event originated.
  * @x_root: the x coordinate of the pointer relative to the root of the
  *   screen.
@@ -710,7 +712,7 @@ struct _GdkEventTouch
   gdouble y;
   gdouble *axes;
   guint state;
-  guint touch_id;
+  GdkTouchSequence *sequence;
   GdkDevice *device;
   gdouble x_root, y_root;
 };
@@ -1221,8 +1223,7 @@ void       gdk_event_set_screen         (GdkEvent        *event,
                                          GdkScreen       *screen);
 GdkScreen *gdk_event_get_screen         (const GdkEvent  *event);
 
-gboolean   gdk_event_get_touch_id       (const GdkEvent  *event,
-                                         guint           *touch_id);
+GdkTouchSequence *gdk_event_get_touch_sequence (const GdkEvent *event);
 cairo_region_t * gdk_event_get_touch_area (GdkEvent      *event);
 
 void	  gdk_set_show_events		(gboolean	 show_events);