diff --git a/pkg/gtk4-layer-shell/src/main.zig b/pkg/gtk4-layer-shell/src/main.zig
index 3e3de4831..abb247de9 100644
--- a/pkg/gtk4-layer-shell/src/main.zig
+++ b/pkg/gtk4-layer-shell/src/main.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const c = @cImport({
     @cInclude("gtk4-layer-shell.h");
 });
+const std = @import("std");
 const gtk = @import("gtk");
 
 pub const ShellLayer = enum(c_uint) {
@@ -23,14 +24,27 @@ pub const KeyboardMode = enum(c_uint) {
     on_demand = c.GTK_LAYER_SHELL_KEYBOARD_MODE_ON_DEMAND,
 };
 
+/// Returns True if the platform is Wayland and Wayland compositor supports the
+/// zwlr_layer_shell_v1 protocol.
 pub fn isProtocolSupported() bool {
     return c.gtk_layer_is_supported() != 0;
 }
 
+/// Returns the version of the zwlr_layer_shell_v1 protocol supported by the
+/// compositor or 0 if the protocol is not supported.
 pub fn getProtocolVersion() c_uint {
     return c.gtk_layer_get_protocol_version();
 }
 
+/// Returns the runtime version of the GTK Layer Shell library
+pub fn getRuntimeVersion() std.SemanticVersion {
+    return std.SemanticVersion{
+        .major = c.gtk_layer_get_major_version(),
+        .minor = c.gtk_layer_get_minor_version(),
+        .patch = c.gtk_layer_get_micro_version(),
+    };
+}
+
 pub fn initForWindow(window: *gtk.Window) void {
     c.gtk_layer_init_for_window(@ptrCast(window));
 }
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/gtk_layer_version.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/gtk_layer_version.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7fc51c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/gtk_layer_version.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const gtk4_layer_shell = @import("gtk4-layer-shell");
+const VersionChecked = @import("version.zig").VersionChecked;
+
+pub const getRuntimeVersion = gtk4_layer_shell.getRuntimeVersion;
+const LayerShellVersion = VersionChecked("gtk4-layer-shell", std.log.scoped(.gtk), getRuntimeVersion, null);
+
+pub const atLeast = LayerShellVersion.atLeast;
+pub const runtimeAtLeast = LayerShellVersion.runtimeAtLeast;
+pub const logVersion = LayerShellVersion.logVersion;
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/winproto/wayland.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/winproto/wayland.zig
index 7a4fad76b..db3e92bec 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/winproto/wayland.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/winproto/wayland.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const gtk = @import("gtk");
 const layer_shell = @import("gtk4-layer-shell");
 const wayland = @import("wayland");
 
+const gtk_version = @import("../gtk_version.zig");
+const gtk_layer_version = @import("../gtk_layer_version.zig");
 const Config = @import("../../../config.zig").Config;
 const input = @import("../../../input.zig");
 const ApprtWindow = @import("../Window.zig");
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ pub const App = struct {
         default_deco_mode: ?org.KdeKwinServerDecorationManager.Mode = null,
 
         xdg_activation: ?*xdg.ActivationV1 = null,
+        xdg_wm_dialog: ?*xdg.WmDialogV1 = null,
     };
 
     pub fn init(
@@ -95,11 +98,19 @@ pub const App = struct {
         return null;
     }
 
-    pub fn supportsQuickTerminal(_: App) bool {
+    pub fn supportsQuickTerminal(self: App) bool {
         if (!layer_shell.isProtocolSupported()) {
             log.warn("your compositor does not support the wlr-layer-shell protocol; disabling quick terminal", .{});
             return false;
         }
+        // GTK4 >= 4.16.0 uses xdg_wm_dialog protocol if available which breaks gtk_layer_shell < 1.0.4
+        // See: https://github.com/wmww/gtk4-layer-shell/issues/50
+        if (self.context.xdg_wm_dialog) |_| {
+            if (gtk_version.atLeast(4, 16, 0) and !gtk_layer_version.atLeast(1, 0, 4)) {
+                log.warn("Your gtk4-layer-shell version is too old for your compositor and gtk4 version; disabling quick terminal", .{});
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/build/SharedDeps.zig b/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
index acd3ed1d8..5415cf3c2 100644
--- a/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
+++ b/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
@@ -620,12 +620,15 @@ fn addGTK(
             plasma_wayland_protocols_dep.path("src/protocols/slide.xml"),
         );
         scanner.addSystemProtocol("staging/xdg-activation/xdg-activation-v1.xml");
+        scanner.addCustomProtocol(wayland_protocols_dep.path("staging/xdg-dialog/xdg-dialog-v1.xml"));
+        scanner.addCustomProtocol(wayland_protocols_dep.path("stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml"));
 
         scanner.generate("wl_compositor", 1);
         scanner.generate("org_kde_kwin_blur_manager", 1);
         scanner.generate("org_kde_kwin_server_decoration_manager", 1);
         scanner.generate("org_kde_kwin_slide_manager", 1);
         scanner.generate("xdg_activation_v1", 1);
+        scanner.generate("xdg_wm_dialog_v1", 1);
 
         step.root_module.addImport("wayland", b.createModule(.{
             .root_source_file = scanner.result,