diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c4cf9bf4..ad8c6e98 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -491,6 +491,8 @@
     - Added `focusWindow` and `focusNth` which don't refresh (and thus
       possibly flicker) when they happen to be a no-op.
 
+    - Added `shiftWin` as a refresh tracking version of `W.shiftWin`.
+
   * Several `LayoutClass` instances now have an additional `Typeable`
     constraint which may break some advanced configs. The upside is that we
     can now add `Typeable` to `LayoutClass` in `XMonad.Core` and make it
diff --git a/XMonad/Util/PureX.hs b/XMonad/Util/PureX.hs
index f5014674..bf83d80e 100644
--- a/XMonad/Util/PureX.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Util/PureX.hs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module XMonad.Util.PureX (
   getStack, putStack, peek,
   focusWindow, focusNth,
   view, greedyView, invisiView,
-  shift, curScreen, curWorkspace,
+  shift, shiftWin, curScreen, curWorkspace,
   curTag, curScreenId,
 ) where
 
@@ -271,6 +271,16 @@ shift tag = withFocii $ \ctag fw ->
     mfw' <- peek
     return (Any $ Just fw /= mfw')
 
+-- | A refresh tracking version of @W.shiftWin@.
+shiftWin :: XLike m => WorkspaceId -> Window -> m Any
+shiftWin tag w = do
+  mtag <- gets $ W.findTag w . windowset
+  whenJust' mtag $ \wtag ->
+    when' (tag /= wtag) $ do
+      modifyWindowSet' $ W.shiftWin tag w
+      ntag <- gets $ W.findTag w . windowset
+      return (Any $ mtag /= ntag)
+
 -- | Internal. Refresh-tracking logic of focus operations.
 focusWith :: XLike m => (WindowSet -> WindowSet) -> m Any
 focusWith focuser = do