diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e519b5c..b53338f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1946,7 +1946,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libadwaita",
  "log",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
- "wayland-client",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/lan-mouse-gtk/Cargo.toml b/lan-mouse-gtk/Cargo.toml
index 81aa4c1..c656cce 100644
--- a/lan-mouse-gtk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lan-mouse-gtk/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,14 +8,20 @@ repository = "https://github.com/feschber/lan-mouse"
 
 [dependencies]
 gtk = { package = "gtk4", version = "0.9.0", features = ["v4_2"] }
-gdk4_wayland = { package = "gdk4-wayland", version="0.9.6" }
 adw = { package = "libadwaita", version = "0.7.0", features = ["v1_1"] }
 async-channel = { version = "2.1.1" }
 hostname = "0.4.0"
 log = "0.4.20"
 lan-mouse-ipc = { path = "../lan-mouse-ipc", version = "0.2.0" }
 thiserror = "2.0.0"
-wayland-client = "0.31.12"
+
+[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os="macos")))'.dependencies]
+gdk4_wayland = { package = "gdk4-wayland", version="0.9.6", optional=true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 glib-build-tools = { version = "0.20.0" }
+
+
+[features]
+default = ["wayland_window_identifier"]
+wayland_window_identifier = ["dep:gdk4_wayland"]
diff --git a/lan-mouse-gtk/src/lib.rs b/lan-mouse-gtk/src/lib.rs
index d11dd9b..063811c 100644
--- a/lan-mouse-gtk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lan-mouse-gtk/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use gtk::{gio, glib, prelude::ApplicationExt};
 use self::client_object::ClientObject;
 use self::key_object::KeyObject;
 
+#[cfg(all(unix, feature = "wayland_window_identifier", not(target_os = "macos")))]
 use gdk4_wayland::WaylandToplevel;
 
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ fn build_ui(app: &Application) {
 
     // export TopLevel handle and send it to the service so that it can put the InpuCapture / RemoteDesktop
     // windows on top of it using xdg-foreign.
+    #[cfg(all(unix, feature = "wayland_window_identifier", not(target_os = "macos")))]
     window.connect_show(|window| {
         // needs the surface so we have to present first!
         if let Some(surface) = window.surface() {