diff --git a/src/main_ghostty.zig b/src/main_ghostty.zig
index ff38b800d..06606eb90 100644
--- a/src/main_ghostty.zig
+++ b/src/main_ghostty.zig
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ pub const GlobalState = struct {
             self.logging = .{ .disabled = {} };
         }
 
+        // We need to export GDK_DEBUG to run on wayland after gtk 4.14
+        if (builtin.target.os.tag == .linux) _ = internal_os.setenv("GDK_DEBUG", "opengl,gl-disable-gles");
         // I don't love the env var name but I don't have it in my heart
         // to parse CLI args 3 times (once for actions, once for config,
         // maybe once for logging) so for now this is an easy way to do