diff --git a/niri.nix b/niri.nix
index 3da3bd5..bc99798 100644
--- a/niri.nix
+++ b/niri.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@
     };
   };
 
+  systemd.user.services.xwayland-satellite = {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "Xwayland for niri";
+      BindsTo = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+      After = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    };
+    Service = {
+      ExecStart = "${pkgs.xwayland-satellite}/bin/xwayland-satellite";
+      Restart = "on-failure";
+    };
+    Install.WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+  };
+
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
     # wayland / desktop
     libnotify