diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d515621e..08993f8a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ add_project_arguments(
   ],
   language: 'cpp')
 
-wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['examples=false', 'renderers=gles2'])
+if get_option('xwayland').enabled()
+  wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['backends=drm,libinput,x11','examples=false','renderers=gles2','xcb-errors=disabled','xwayland=enabled'])
+else
+  wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['backends=drm,libinput','examples=false','renderers=gles2','xcb-errors=disabled','xwayland=disabled'])
+endif
+
 have_xwlr = wlroots.get_variable('features').get('xwayland')
 xcb_dep = dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland'))