diff --git a/src/backend/wayland/compositor/state.rs b/src/backend/wayland/compositor/state.rs
index a89cde6d..3d1be67d 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland/compositor/state.rs
+++ b/src/backend/wayland/compositor/state.rs
@@ -305,6 +305,15 @@ impl WaylandState {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn bind_egl_to_display<R>(&self, renderer: &mut R)
+    where
+        R: smithay::backend::renderer::ImportEgl,
+    {
+        if let Err(err) = renderer.bind_wl_display(&self.display_handle) {
+            log::warn!("failed to bind egl to wayland display: {}", err);
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn init_dmabuf_global(&mut self, formats: Vec<Format>, egl_display: Option<&EGLDisplay>) {
         if self.dmabuf_global.is_some() {
             return;
diff --git a/src/wayland/runtime/drm.rs b/src/wayland/runtime/drm.rs
index 3befa173..7ac5d864 100644
--- a/src/wayland/runtime/drm.rs
+++ b/src/wayland/runtime/drm.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ pub fn run() -> ! {
     crate::runtime::init_keyboard_layout(&mut state.wm);
 
     state.init_dmabuf_global(dmabuf_formats, Some(&egl_display));
+
+    state.with_renderer(|state, renderer| {
+        state.bind_egl_to_display(renderer);
+    });
+
     state.init_screencopy_manager();
 
     let cursor_manager = init_cursor_manager(&state.cursor_config);
diff --git a/src/wayland/runtime/winit.rs b/src/wayland/runtime/winit.rs
index 90c1e48a..132a80e3 100644
--- a/src/wayland/runtime/winit.rs
+++ b/src/wayland/runtime/winit.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ pub fn run() -> ! {
     crate::runtime::init_keyboard_layout(&mut state.wm);
 
     state.init_dmabuf_global(dmabuf_formats, Some(&egl_display));
+
+    state.bind_egl_to_display(backend.renderer());
+
     state.init_screencopy_manager();
 
     let output_size = backend.window_size();