diff --git a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
index aa4137a..00196eb 100644
--- a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
+++ b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
@@ -1679,6 +1679,12 @@
     }
 #endif
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,10,0)
+    /* Vim currently assumes that Gtk means X11, so it cannot use native Gtk
+     * support for other backends such as Wayland. */
+    gdk_set_allowed_backends ("x11");
+#endif
+
 #ifdef FEAT_GUI_GNOME
     if (gtk_socket_id == 0)
 	using_gnome = 1;