diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c62f5b53..75de2db1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "wlroots"]
-	path = subprojects/wlroots
-	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git
 [submodule "subprojects/hyprland-protocols"]
 	path = subprojects/hyprland-protocols
 	url = https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprland-protocols
@@ -10,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "subprojects/tracy"]
 	path = subprojects/tracy
 	url = https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy
+[submodule "subprojects/wlroots-hyprland"]
+	path = subprojects/wlroots-hyprland
+	url = https://github.com/hyprwm/wlroots-hyprland
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 88caf6ef..b6021d89 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,16 +54,15 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
-    wlroots
-    PREFIX ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/wlroots
-    SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/wlroots
-    PATCH_COMMAND sed -E -i -e "s/(soversion = .*$)/soversion = 13032/g" meson.build
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND meson setup --reconfigure build --buildtype=${BUILDTYPE_LOWER} -Dwerror=false -Dxwayland=$<IF:$<BOOL:${NO_XWAYLAND}>,disabled,enabled> -Dexamples=false -Drenderers=gles2 $<IF:$<BOOL:${WITH_ASAN}>,-Db_sanitize=address,-Db_sanitize=none>
+    wlroots-hyprland
+    PREFIX ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/wlroots-hyprland
+    SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/wlroots-hyprland
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND meson setup --reconfigure build --buildtype=${BUILDTYPE_LOWER} -Dwerror=false -Dxwayland=$<IF:$<BOOL:${NO_XWAYLAND}>,disabled,enabled> -Dexamples=false -Drenderers=gles2 -Dbackends=drm,libinput $<IF:$<BOOL:${WITH_ASAN}>,-Db_sanitize=address,-Db_sanitize=none>
     BUILD_COMMAND ninja -C build
     BUILD_ALWAYS true
     BUILD_IN_SOURCE true
-    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/wlroots/build/libwlroots.so.13032
-    INSTALL_COMMAND echo "wlroots: install not needed"
+    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/wlroots-hyprland/build/libwlroots.a
+    INSTALL_COMMAND echo "wlroots-hyprland: install not needed"
 )
 
 find_program(WaylandScanner NAMES wayland-scanner)
@@ -86,8 +85,8 @@ endif()
 include_directories(
   .
   "src/"
-  "subprojects/wlroots/include/"
-  "subprojects/wlroots/build/include/"
+  "subprojects/wlroots-hyprland/include/"
+  "subprojects/wlroots-hyprland/build/include/"
   "subprojects/udis86/"
   "protocols/")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
@@ -108,7 +107,13 @@ else()
 endif()
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${GLES_VERSION})
 
-pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-server wayland-client wayland-cursor wayland-protocols cairo libdrm xkbcommon libinput pango pangocairo pixman-1 hyprlang>=0.3.2 hyprcursor) # we do not check for wlroots, as we provide it ourselves
+pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET
+    xkbcommon
+    wayland-server wayland-client wayland-cursor wayland-protocols
+    cairo pango pangocairo pixman-1
+    libdrm libinput hwdata libseat libdisplay-info libliftoff libudev gbm
+    hyprlang>=0.3.2 hyprcursor
+)
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCFILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "src/*.cpp")
 
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ if(USE_TRACY)
 endif()
 
 add_executable(Hyprland ${SRCFILES} ${TRACY_CPP_FILES})
-add_dependencies(Hyprland wlroots)
+add_dependencies(Hyprland wlroots-hyprland)
 
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES DEBUG)
     message(STATUS "Setting debug flags")
@@ -172,8 +177,8 @@ if(NO_XWAYLAND)
     add_compile_definitions(NO_XWAYLAND)
 else()
     message(STATUS "XWAYLAND Enabled (NO_XWAYLAND not defined) checking deps...")
-    pkg_check_modules(xcbdep REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET xcb)
-    target_link_libraries(Hyprland PkgConfig::xcbdep)
+    pkg_check_modules(xdeps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET xcb xwayland xcb-util xcb-render xcb-image xcb-xfixes xcb-errors xcb-icccm xcb-composite xcb-res xcb-ewmh)
+    target_link_libraries(Hyprland PkgConfig::xdeps)
 endif()
 
 if(NO_SYSTEMD)
@@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ function(protocol protoPath protoName external)
 endfunction()
 
 target_link_libraries(Hyprland
-        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/wlroots/build/libwlroots.so.13032 # wlroots is provided by us
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/wlroots-hyprland/build/libwlroots.a
         OpenGL::EGL
         OpenGL::GL
         Threads::Threads
diff --git a/subprojects/wlroots b/subprojects/wlroots
deleted file mode 160000
index 50eae512..00000000
--- a/subprojects/wlroots
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 50eae512d9cecbf0b3b1898bb1f0b40fa05fe19b
diff --git a/subprojects/wlroots-hyprland b/subprojects/wlroots-hyprland
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..62eeffbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/wlroots-hyprland
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 62eeffbe233d199f520a5755c344e85f8eab7940