diff --git a/main_wayland.cpp b/main_wayland.cpp
index ebc2c14a64..27ae358864 100644
--- a/main_wayland.cpp
+++ b/main_wayland.cpp
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ void ApplicationWayland::startXwaylandServer()
     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]),