diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index db07ca1f42..d70dbc50bc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -651,7 +651,13 @@ install(TARGETS kwin             ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} LIBRARY NAMELIN
 install(TARGETS kdeinit_kwin_x11 ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 install(TARGETS kwin_x11         ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
 
-add_executable(kwin_wayland tabletmodemanager.cpp main_wayland.cpp)
+set(kwin_WAYLAND_SRCS
+   tabletmodemanager.cpp
+   main_wayland.cpp
+   xwl/xwayland.cpp
+   )
+
+add_executable(kwin_wayland ${kwin_WAYLAND_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(kwin_wayland kwin KF5::Crash)
 if (HAVE_LIBCAP)
     target_link_libraries(kwin_wayland ${Libcap_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/main_wayland.cpp b/main_wayland.cpp
index ef3a653b36..f5b6e78744 100644
--- a/main_wayland.cpp
+++ b/main_wayland.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include "effects.h"
 #include "tabletmodemanager.h"
 #include "wayland_server.h"
-#include "xcbutils.h"
+#include "xwl/xwayland.h"
 
 // KWayland
 #include <KWayland/Server/display.h>
@@ -41,29 +41,18 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 // Qt
 #include <qplatformdefs.h>
-#include <QAbstractEventDispatcher>
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
-#include <QFile>
 #include <QFileInfo>
-#include <QFutureWatcher>
 #include <QProcess>
-#include <QSocketNotifier>
 #include <QStyle>
-#include <QThread>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QWindow>
 
 // system
-#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif // HAVE_UNISTD_H
-
 #if HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #endif
 #if HAVE_SYS_PROCCTL_H
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/procctl.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -92,8 +81,6 @@ void disableDrKonqi()
 // that would enable drkonqi
 Q_CONSTRUCTOR_FUNCTION(disableDrKonqi)
 
-static void readDisplay(int pipe);
-
 enum class RealTimeFlags
 {
     DontReset,
@@ -143,24 +130,13 @@ ApplicationWayland::~ApplicationWayland()
     }
     destroyWorkspace();
     waylandServer()->dispatch();
-    disconnect(m_xwaylandFailConnection);
-    if (x11Connection()) {
-        Xcb::setInputFocus(XCB_INPUT_FOCUS_POINTER_ROOT);
-        destroyAtoms();
-        emit x11ConnectionAboutToBeDestroyed();
-        xcb_disconnect(x11Connection());
-        setX11Connection(nullptr);
-    }
-    if (m_xwaylandProcess) {
-        m_xwaylandProcess->terminate();
-        while (m_xwaylandProcess->state() != QProcess::NotRunning) {
-            processEvents(QEventLoop::WaitForMoreEvents);
-        }
-        waylandServer()->destroyXWaylandConnection();
-    }
+
     if (QStyle *s = style()) {
         s->unpolish(this);
     }
+    // kill Xwayland before terminating its connection
+    delete m_xwayland;
+    m_xwayland = nullptr;
     waylandServer()->terminateClientConnections();
     destroyCompositor();
 }
@@ -207,7 +183,7 @@ void ApplicationWayland::continueStartupWithScreens()
         return;
     }
     createCompositor();
-    connect(Compositor::self(), &Compositor::sceneCreated, this, &ApplicationWayland::startXwaylandServer);
+    connect(Compositor::self(), &Compositor::sceneCreated, this, &ApplicationWayland::continueStartupWithXwayland);
 }
 
 void ApplicationWayland::continueStartupWithSceen()
@@ -218,55 +194,18 @@ void ApplicationWayland::continueStartupWithSceen()
     notifyKSplash();
 }
 
-void ApplicationWayland::continueStartupWithX()
+void ApplicationWayland::continueStartupWithXwayland()
 {
-    createX11Connection();
-    xcb_connection_t *c = x11Connection();
-    if (!c) {
-        // about to quit
-        return;
-    }
-    QSocketNotifier *notifier = new QSocketNotifier(xcb_get_file_descriptor(c), QSocketNotifier::Read, this);
-    auto processXcbEvents = [this, c] {
-        while (auto event = xcb_poll_for_event(c)) {
-            long result = 0;
-            QThread::currentThread()->eventDispatcher()->filterNativeEvent(QByteArrayLiteral("xcb_generic_event_t"), event, &result);
-            free(event);
-        }
-        xcb_flush(c);
-    };
-    connect(notifier, &QSocketNotifier::activated, this, processXcbEvents);
-    connect(QThread::currentThread()->eventDispatcher(), &QAbstractEventDispatcher::aboutToBlock, this, processXcbEvents);
-    connect(QThread::currentThread()->eventDispatcher(), &QAbstractEventDispatcher::awake, this, processXcbEvents);
+    disconnect(Compositor::self(), &Compositor::sceneCreated, this, &ApplicationWayland::continueStartupWithXwayland);
 
-    // create selection owner for WM_S0 - magic X display number expected by XWayland
-    KSelectionOwner owner("WM_S0", c, x11RootWindow());
-    owner.claim(true);
-
-    createAtoms();
-
-    setupEventFilters();
-
-    // Check  whether another windowmanager is running
-    const uint32_t maskValues[] = {XCB_EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_REDIRECT};
-    ScopedCPointer<xcb_generic_error_t> redirectCheck(xcb_request_check(connection(),
-                                                                        xcb_change_window_attributes_checked(connection(),
-                                                                                                                rootWindow(),
-                                                                                                                XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK,
-                                                                                                                maskValues)));
-    if (!redirectCheck.isNull()) {
-        fputs(i18n("kwin_wayland: an X11 window manager is running on the X11 Display.\n").toLocal8Bit().constData(), stderr);
-        ::exit(1);
-    }
-
-    m_environment.insert(QStringLiteral("DISPLAY"), QString::fromUtf8(qgetenv("DISPLAY")));
-
-    startSession();
-    createWorkspace();
-
-    Xcb::sync(); // Trigger possible errors, there's still a chance to abort
-
-    notifyKSplash();
+    m_xwayland = new Xwl::Xwayland(this);
+    connect(m_xwayland, &Xwl::Xwayland::criticalError, this, [](int code) {
+        // we currently exit on Xwayland errors always directly
+        // TODO: restart Xwayland
+        std::cerr << "Xwayland had a critical error. Going to exit now." << std::endl;
+        exit(code);
+    });
+    m_xwayland->init();
 }
 
 void ApplicationWayland::startSession()
@@ -318,117 +257,6 @@ void ApplicationWayland::startSession()
     }
 }
 
-void ApplicationWayland::createX11Connection()
-{
-    int screenNumber = 0;
-    xcb_connection_t *c = nullptr;
-    if (m_xcbConnectionFd == -1) {
-        c = xcb_connect(nullptr, &screenNumber);
-    } else {
-        c = xcb_connect_to_fd(m_xcbConnectionFd, nullptr);
-    }
-    if (int error = xcb_connection_has_error(c)) {
-        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: Creating connection to XServer failed: " << error << std::endl;
-        exit(1);
-        return;
-    }
-    setX11Connection(c);
-    // we don't support X11 multi-head in Wayland
-    setX11ScreenNumber(screenNumber);
-    setX11RootWindow(defaultScreen()->root);
-}
-
-void ApplicationWayland::startXwaylandServer()
-{
-    disconnect(Compositor::self(), &Compositor::sceneCreated, this, &ApplicationWayland::startXwaylandServer);
-    int pipeFds[2];
-    if (pipe(pipeFds) != 0) {
-        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR failed to create pipe to start Xwayland " << std::endl;
-        exit(1);
-        return;
-    }
-    int sx[2];
-    if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, sx) < 0) {
-        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to open socket to open XCB connection" << std::endl;
-        exit(1);
-        return;
-    }
-    int fd = dup(sx[1]);
-    if (fd < 0) {
-        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to open socket to open XCB connection" << std::endl;
-        exit(20);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    const int waylandSocket = waylandServer()->createXWaylandConnection();
-    if (waylandSocket == -1) {
-        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to open socket for Xwayland" << std::endl;
-        exit(1);
-        return;
-    }
-    const int wlfd = dup(waylandSocket);
-    if (wlfd < 0) {
-        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to open socket for Xwayland" << std::endl;
-        exit(20);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    m_xcbConnectionFd = sx[0];
-
-    m_xwaylandProcess = new Process(kwinApp());
-    m_xwaylandProcess->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedErrorChannel);
-    m_xwaylandProcess->setProgram(QStringLiteral("Xwayland"));
-    QProcessEnvironment env = m_environment;
-    env.insert("WAYLAND_SOCKET", QByteArray::number(wlfd));
-    env.insert("EGL_PLATFORM", QByteArrayLiteral("DRM"));
-    m_xwaylandProcess->setProcessEnvironment(env);
-    m_xwaylandProcess->setArguments({QStringLiteral("-displayfd"),
-                           QString::number(pipeFds[1]),
-                           QStringLiteral("-rootless"),
-                           QStringLiteral("-wm"),
-                           QString::number(fd)});
-    m_xwaylandFailConnection = connect(m_xwaylandProcess, static_cast<void (QProcess::*)(QProcess::ProcessError)>(&QProcess::error), this,
-        [] (QProcess::ProcessError error) {
-            if (error == QProcess::FailedToStart) {
-                std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to start Xwayland" << std::endl;
-            } else {
-                std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: Xwayland failed, going to exit now" << std::endl;
-            }
-            exit(1);
-        }
-    );
-    const int xDisplayPipe = pipeFds[0];
-    connect(m_xwaylandProcess, &QProcess::started, this,
-        [this, xDisplayPipe] {
-            QFutureWatcher<void> *watcher = new QFutureWatcher<void>(this);
-            QObject::connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::finished, this, &ApplicationWayland::continueStartupWithX, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-            QObject::connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::finished, watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::deleteLater, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-            watcher->setFuture(QtConcurrent::run(readDisplay, xDisplayPipe));
-        }
-    );
-    m_xwaylandProcess->start();
-    close(pipeFds[1]);
-}
-
-static void readDisplay(int pipe)
-{
-    QFile readPipe;
-    if (!readPipe.open(pipe, QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR failed to open pipe to start X Server" << std::endl;
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    QByteArray displayNumber = readPipe.readLine();
-
-    displayNumber.prepend(QByteArray(":"));
-    displayNumber.remove(displayNumber.size() -1, 1);
-    std::cout << "X-Server started on display " << displayNumber.constData() << std::endl;
-
-    setenv("DISPLAY", displayNumber.constData(), true);
-
-    // close our pipe
-    close(pipe);
-}
-
 static const QString s_waylandPlugin = QStringLiteral("KWinWaylandWaylandBackend");
 static const QString s_x11Plugin = QStringLiteral("KWinWaylandX11Backend");
 static const QString s_fbdevPlugin = QStringLiteral("KWinWaylandFbdevBackend");
diff --git a/main_wayland.h b/main_wayland.h
index 31b7ebd55e..9e13082acd 100644
--- a/main_wayland.h
+++ b/main_wayland.h
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include "main.h"
 #include <QProcessEnvironment>
 
-class QProcess;
-
 namespace KWin
 {
+namespace Xwl
+{
+class Xwayland;
+}
 
 class ApplicationWayland : public Application
 {
@@ -58,22 +60,21 @@ protected:
     void performStartup() override;
 
 private:
+    friend class Xwl::Xwayland;
+
     void createBackend();
-    void createX11Connection();
     void continueStartupWithScreens();
     void continueStartupWithSceen();
-    void continueStartupWithX();
-    void startXwaylandServer();
+    void continueStartupWithXwayland();
     void startSession();
 
     bool m_startXWayland = false;
-    int m_xcbConnectionFd = -1;
     QStringList m_applicationsToStart;
     QString m_inputMethodServerToStart;
-    QProcess *m_xwaylandProcess = nullptr;
-    QMetaObject::Connection m_xwaylandFailConnection;
     QProcessEnvironment m_environment;
     QString m_sessionArgument;
+
+    Xwl::Xwayland *m_xwayland = nullptr;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/xwl/xwayland.cpp b/xwl/xwayland.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28c704d3bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwl/xwayland.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+/********************************************************************
+ KWin - the KDE window manager
+ This file is part of the KDE project.
+
+Copyright 2014 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>
+Copyright 2019 Roman Gilg <subdiff@gmail.com>
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*********************************************************************/
+#include "xwayland.h"
+#include "wayland_server.h"
+#include "main_wayland.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#include <KLocalizedString>
+
+#include "xcbutils.h"
+
+#include <QAbstractEventDispatcher>
+#include <QtConcurrentRun>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QFutureWatcher>
+#include <QProcess>
+#include <QSocketNotifier>
+#include <QThread>
+
+// system
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+#if HAVE_SYS_PROCCTL_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+static void readDisplay(int pipe)
+{
+    QFile readPipe;
+    if (!readPipe.open(pipe, QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR failed to open pipe to start X Server" << std::endl;
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    QByteArray displayNumber = readPipe.readLine();
+
+    displayNumber.prepend(QByteArray(":"));
+    displayNumber.remove(displayNumber.size() -1, 1);
+    std::cout << "X-Server started on display " << displayNumber.constData() << std::endl;
+
+    setenv("DISPLAY", displayNumber.constData(), true);
+
+    // close our pipe
+    close(pipe);
+}
+
+namespace KWin {
+namespace Xwl
+{
+
+Xwayland::Xwayland(ApplicationWayland *app, QObject *parent)
+    : QObject(parent),
+      m_app(app)
+{
+}
+
+Xwayland::~Xwayland()
+{
+    disconnect(m_xwaylandFailConnection);
+    if (m_app->x11Connection()) {
+        Xcb::setInputFocus(XCB_INPUT_FOCUS_POINTER_ROOT);
+        m_app->destroyAtoms();
+        Q_EMIT m_app->x11ConnectionAboutToBeDestroyed();
+        xcb_disconnect(m_app->x11Connection());
+        m_app->setX11Connection(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    if (m_xwaylandProcess) {
+        m_xwaylandProcess->terminate();
+        while (m_xwaylandProcess->state() != QProcess::NotRunning) {
+            m_app->processEvents(QEventLoop::WaitForMoreEvents);
+        }
+        waylandServer()->destroyXWaylandConnection();
+    }
+}
+
+void Xwayland::init()
+{
+    int pipeFds[2];
+    if (pipe(pipeFds) != 0) {
+        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR failed to create pipe to start Xwayland " << std::endl;
+        Q_EMIT criticalError(1);
+        return;
+    }
+    int sx[2];
+    if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, sx) < 0) {
+        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to open socket to open XCB connection" << std::endl;
+        Q_EMIT criticalError(1);
+        return;
+    }
+    int fd = dup(sx[1]);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to open socket to open XCB connection" << std::endl;
+        Q_EMIT criticalError(20);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const int waylandSocket = waylandServer()->createXWaylandConnection();
+    if (waylandSocket == -1) {
+        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to open socket for Xwayland" << std::endl;
+        Q_EMIT criticalError(1);
+        return;
+    }
+    const int wlfd = dup(waylandSocket);
+    if (wlfd < 0) {
+        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to open socket for Xwayland" << std::endl;
+        Q_EMIT criticalError(20);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    m_xcbConnectionFd = sx[0];
+
+    m_xwaylandProcess = new Process(this);
+    m_xwaylandProcess->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedErrorChannel);
+    m_xwaylandProcess->setProgram(QStringLiteral("Xwayland"));
+    QProcessEnvironment env = m_app->processStartupEnvironment();
+    env.insert("WAYLAND_SOCKET", QByteArray::number(wlfd));
+    env.insert("EGL_PLATFORM", QByteArrayLiteral("DRM"));
+    m_xwaylandProcess->setProcessEnvironment(env);
+    m_xwaylandProcess->setArguments({QStringLiteral("-displayfd"),
+                           QString::number(pipeFds[1]),
+                           QStringLiteral("-rootless"),
+                           QStringLiteral("-wm"),
+                           QString::number(fd)});
+    m_xwaylandFailConnection = connect(m_xwaylandProcess, static_cast<void (QProcess::*)(QProcess::ProcessError)>(&QProcess::error), this,
+        [this] (QProcess::ProcessError error) {
+            if (error == QProcess::FailedToStart) {
+                std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: failed to start Xwayland" << std::endl;
+            } else {
+                std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: Xwayland failed, going to exit now" << std::endl;
+            }
+            Q_EMIT criticalError(1);
+        }
+    );
+    const int xDisplayPipe = pipeFds[0];
+    connect(m_xwaylandProcess, &QProcess::started, this,
+        [this, xDisplayPipe] {
+            QFutureWatcher<void> *watcher = new QFutureWatcher<void>(this);
+            QObject::connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::finished, this, &Xwayland::continueStartupWithX, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+            QObject::connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::finished, watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::deleteLater, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+            watcher->setFuture(QtConcurrent::run(readDisplay, xDisplayPipe));
+        }
+    );
+    m_xwaylandProcess->start();
+    close(pipeFds[1]);
+}
+
+void Xwayland::createX11Connection()
+{
+    int screenNumber = 0;
+    xcb_connection_t *c = nullptr;
+    if (m_xcbConnectionFd == -1) {
+        c = xcb_connect(nullptr, &screenNumber);
+    } else {
+        c = xcb_connect_to_fd(m_xcbConnectionFd, nullptr);
+    }
+    if (int error = xcb_connection_has_error(c)) {
+        std::cerr << "FATAL ERROR: Creating connection to XServer failed: " << error << std::endl;
+        Q_EMIT criticalError(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    m_app->setX11Connection(c);
+    // we don't support X11 multi-head in Wayland
+    m_app->setX11ScreenNumber(screenNumber);
+    m_app->setX11RootWindow(defaultScreen()->root);
+}
+
+void Xwayland::continueStartupWithX()
+{
+    createX11Connection();
+    auto *xcbConn = m_app->x11Connection();
+    if (!xcbConn) {
+        // about to quit
+        Q_EMIT criticalError(1);
+        return;
+    }
+    QSocketNotifier *notifier = new QSocketNotifier(xcb_get_file_descriptor(xcbConn), QSocketNotifier::Read, this);
+    auto processXcbEvents = [this, xcbConn] {
+        while (auto event = xcb_poll_for_event(xcbConn)) {
+            long result = 0;
+            QThread::currentThread()->eventDispatcher()->filterNativeEvent(QByteArrayLiteral("xcb_generic_event_t"), event, &result);
+            free(event);
+        }
+        xcb_flush(xcbConn);
+    };
+    connect(notifier, &QSocketNotifier::activated, this, processXcbEvents);
+    connect(QThread::currentThread()->eventDispatcher(), &QAbstractEventDispatcher::aboutToBlock, this, processXcbEvents);
+    connect(QThread::currentThread()->eventDispatcher(), &QAbstractEventDispatcher::awake, this, processXcbEvents);
+
+    // create selection owner for WM_S0 - magic X display number expected by XWayland
+    KSelectionOwner owner("WM_S0", xcbConn, m_app->x11RootWindow());
+    owner.claim(true);
+
+    m_app->createAtoms();
+    m_app->setupEventFilters();
+
+    // Check  whether another windowmanager is running
+    const uint32_t maskValues[] = {XCB_EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_REDIRECT};
+    ScopedCPointer<xcb_generic_error_t> redirectCheck(xcb_request_check(connection(),
+                                                                        xcb_change_window_attributes_checked(connection(),
+                                                                                                             rootWindow(),
+                                                                                                             XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK,
+                                                                                                             maskValues)));
+    if (!redirectCheck.isNull()) {
+        fputs(i18n("kwin_wayland: an X11 window manager is running on the X11 Display.\n").toLocal8Bit().constData(), stderr);
+        Q_EMIT criticalError(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto env = m_app->processStartupEnvironment();
+    env.insert(QStringLiteral("DISPLAY"), QString::fromUtf8(qgetenv("DISPLAY")));
+    m_app->setProcessStartupEnvironment(env);
+
+    m_app->startSession();
+    m_app->createWorkspace();
+
+    Xcb::sync(); // Trigger possible errors, there's still a chance to abort
+
+    m_app->notifyKSplash();
+}
+
+}
+}
diff --git a/xwl/xwayland.h b/xwl/xwayland.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a46442858b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwl/xwayland.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/********************************************************************
+ KWin - the KDE window manager
+ This file is part of the KDE project.
+
+Copyright 2019 Roman Gilg <subdiff@gmail.com>
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*********************************************************************/
+#ifndef KWIN_XWL_XWAYLAND
+#define KWIN_XWL_XWAYLAND
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+class QProcess;
+
+class xcb_screen_t;
+
+namespace KWin
+{
+class ApplicationWayland;
+
+namespace Xwl
+{
+
+class Xwayland : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    Xwayland(ApplicationWayland *app, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+    virtual ~Xwayland();
+
+    void init();
+
+Q_SIGNALS:
+    void criticalError(int code);
+
+private:
+    void createX11Connection();
+    void continueStartupWithX();
+
+    int m_xcbConnectionFd = -1;
+    QProcess *m_xwaylandProcess = nullptr;
+    QMetaObject::Connection m_xwaylandFailConnection;
+
+    ApplicationWayland *m_app;
+};
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif