diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cb9792b..e1596be 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ staging_protocols = {
 	'tearing-control': ['v1'],
 	'xdg-activation': ['v1'],
 	'xdg-dialog': ['v1'],
+	'xdg-surface-shape': ['v1'],
 	'xdg-system-bell': ['v1'],
 	'xdg-toplevel-drag': ['v1'],
 	'xdg-toplevel-icon': ['v1'],
diff --git a/staging/xdg-surface-shape/README b/staging/xdg-surface-shape/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d537d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/xdg-surface-shape/README
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Surface shape
+
+Maintainers:
+Victoria Brekenfeld <victoria@system76.com> (@drakulix)
diff --git a/staging/xdg-surface-shape/xdg-surface-shape-v1.xml b/staging/xdg-surface-shape/xdg-surface-shape-v1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c07a26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/staging/xdg-surface-shape/xdg-surface-shape-v1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<protocol name="xdg_surface_shape_v1">
+  <copyright>
+    Copyright © 2025 Victoria Brekenfeld
+
+    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+    copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+    to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+    the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+    and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+    Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+    The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+    paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+    Software.
+
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+    THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+    DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+  </copyright>
+
+  <description summary="communicate the shape of an xdg surface">
+    This protocol provides a way for clients to communicate the
+    shape of their surface, for example the radii of rounded corners.
+
+    This hint can then be used by the compositor to draw fitting outlines
+    or prevent overdrawing of other server-side drawn interfaces.
+  </description>
+
+  <interface name="xdg_surface_shape_manager_v1" version="1">
+    <description summary="surface shape global">
+      Manager for creating surface shape objects for existing xdg-surfaces
+    </description>
+
+    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
+      <description summary="Destroy the global">
+        Informs the server, that the client will no longer use this global.
+        Any previously created surface-shape objects remain valid until destroyed.
+      </description>
+    </request>
+
+    <request name="get_surface_shape">
+      <description summary="Create a new surface-shape object for a xdg_surface">
+        Instantiate an interface extension for the given xdg_surface to specify their corner radius.
+
+        If the given xdg_surface already has a xdg_surface_shape_v1 object associated,
+        the surface_shape_exists protocol error will be raised.
+      </description>
+      <arg name="id" type="new_id" interface="xdg_surface_shape_v1"
+        summary="the new xdg_surface_shape_v1 object"/>
+      <arg name="surface" type="object" interface="xdg_surface"
+        summary="the xdg-surface"/>
+    </request>
+
+    <enum name="error">
+      <entry name="surface_shape_exists" value="0"
+        summary="the surface already has a surface_shape object"/>
+    </enum>
+  </interface>
+
+  <interface name="xdg_surface_shape_v1" version="1">
+    <description summary="surface shape extension">
+      The surface-shape object provides a way to specify the shape of
+      it's associated xdg_surface to the compositor.
+
+      If the xdg_surface associated with the xdg_surface_shape_v1
+      object has been destroyed, this object becomes inert. Any further requests
+      other than destroy will raise the surface_destroyed protocol error.
+    </description>
+
+    <request name="destroy" type="destructor">
+      <description summary="Destroy the surface-shape object">
+        Informs the server that the client will no longer be using this protocol
+        object. The surface-shape state will be unset on the next commit.
+      </description>
+    </request>
+
+    <request name="set_corner_radii">
+      <description summary="Set corner radii">
+        This request sets the hinted corner radii values for rectangular windows.
+
+        The corner radii hint is double-buffered and will be applied on
+        the next wl_surface.commit.
+
+        The value is given in logical space relative to the window geometry of the
+        associated xdg_surface. If any value exceeds a quarter of either dimension
+        of the window geometry the radius_too_large protocol error is raised.
+      </description>
+      <arg name="top_left" type="uint" summary="top-left corner radius"/>
+      <arg name="top_right" type="uint" summary="top-right corner radius"/>
+      <arg name="bottom_right" type="uint" summary="bottom-right corner radius"/>
+      <arg name="bottom_left" type="uint" summary="bottom-left corner radius"/>
+    </request>
+
+    <request name="unset_radii">
+      <description summary="Unset corner radii">
+        Unsets any previously hinted corner radii values without invalidating the object for later use.
+        Can be used by clients that possibly have temporary irregular shapes.
+
+        The corner radii hint is double-buffered, meaning the previous state
+        will still apply until the next wl_surface.commit.
+
+        Compositors should treat a surface with an unset-radii the same as surface
+        with a freshly created xdg_surface_shape_v1 that has no radii set yet or
+        any surface without an xdg_surface_shape_v1 object for that matter.
+      </description>
+    </request>
+
+    <enum name="error">
+      <entry name="surface_destroyed" value="0"
+        summary="the associated xdg-surface object has been already destroyed"/>
+      <entry name="radius_too_large" value="1"
+        summary="the associated xdg-surface's window geometry isn't large enough for a requested radius"/>
+    </enum>
+  </interface>
+</protocol>