From 6bd360a355aee7f873aaabce47555bf502f56696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Engestrom <eric@igalia.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:09:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] WaylandBackend: enable missing required wayland surface
 instance extensions

---
 src/Backends/WaylandBackend.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Backends/WaylandBackend.cpp b/src/Backends/WaylandBackend.cpp
index ab6d30c397..f589b21bb0 100644
--- a/src/Backends/WaylandBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/Backends/WaylandBackend.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#define VK_USE_PLATFORM_WAYLAND_KHR
+
 #include "backend.h"
 #include "rendervulkan.hpp"
 #include "wlserver.hpp"
@@ -2117,7 +2119,8 @@ namespace gamescope
 
     std::span<const char *const> CWaylandBackend::GetInstanceExtensions() const
     {
-        return std::span<const char *const>{};
+        static const std::array pszInstanceExtensions {VK_KHR_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME, VK_KHR_WAYLAND_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME};
+        return std::span<const char *const>{pszInstanceExtensions.begin(), pszInstanceExtensions.end()};
     }
 
     std::span<const char *const> CWaylandBackend::GetDeviceExtensions( VkPhysicalDevice pVkPhysicalDevice ) const