diff --git a/hw/xwayland/meson.build b/hw/xwayland/meson.build
index 9bcaf94b6..997a6eec3 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xwayland/meson.build
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ xwayland_vars = [
     'have_enable_ei_portal=' + build_ei_portal.to_string(),
     'have_byteswappedclients=true',
     'have_hidpi=true',
+    'have_clipboard=true',
 ]
 
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')