diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 572c561e..213725aa 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
     "hyprland-protocols": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1670258048,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Lm2sXnDVZNE+taHqsqVibvPmSdu65VHvXI507KVX4lg=",
+        "owner": "hyprwm",
+        "repo": "hyprland-protocols",
+        "rev": "0dcff94fc10df2bbb66d3e1b5a1d6cfd3ada5515",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "hyprwm",
+        "repo": "hyprland-protocols",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "hyprland-protocols_2": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1670185345,
@@ -34,6 +50,7 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "hyprland-protocols": "hyprland-protocols",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "wlroots": "wlroots",
         "xdph": "xdph"
@@ -59,7 +76,7 @@
     },
     "xdph": {
       "inputs": {
-        "hyprland-protocols": "hyprland-protocols",
+        "hyprland-protocols": "hyprland-protocols_2",
         "nixpkgs": [
           "nixpkgs"
         ]
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index bb097d6a..666edf3f 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
       url = "github:hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+
+    hyprland-protocols = {
+      url = "github:hyprwm/hyprland-protocols";
+      flake = false;
+    };
   };
 
   outputs = inputs @ {
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@
         stdenv = prev.gcc12Stdenv;
         version = "0.18.0beta" + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")) + "_" + (self.shortRev or "dirty");
         wlroots = wlroots-hyprland;
+        inherit (inputs) hyprland-protocols;
       };
       hyprland-debug = hyprland.override {debug = true;};
       hyprland-no-hidpi = hyprland.override {hidpiXWayland = false;};
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index cf690857..58d63712 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   meson,
   ninja,
   git,
+  hyprland-protocols,
   libdrm,
   libinput,
   libxcb,
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ in
       # Fix hardcoded paths to /usr installation
       postPatch = ''
         sed -i "s#/usr#$out#" src/render/OpenGL.cpp
+
+        # for some reason rmdir doesn't work in a dirty tree
+        rmdir subprojects/hyprland-protocols || true
+        ln -s ${hyprland-protocols} subprojects/hyprland-protocols
       '';
 
       passthru.providedSessions = ["hyprland"];
diff --git a/protocols/meson.build b/protocols/meson.build
index 127406d9..d75acb3a 100644
--- a/protocols/meson.build
+++ b/protocols/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols',
 	fallback: 'wayland-protocols',
 	default_options: ['tests=false'],
 )
+
+hyprland_protos = dependency('hyprland-protocols',
+	version: '>=0.1',
+  fallback: 'hyprland-protocols',
+)
+
 wl_protocol_dir = wayland_protos.get_variable('pkgdatadir')
+hl_protocol_dir = hyprland_protos.get_variable('pkgdatadir')
 
 wayland_scanner_dep = dependency('wayland-scanner', native: true)
 wayland_scanner = find_program(
@@ -19,7 +26,8 @@ protocols = [
   ['ext-workspace-unstable-v1.xml'],
   ['pointer-constraints-unstable-v1.xml'],
   ['tablet-unstable-v2.xml'],
-  ['idle.xml']
+  ['idle.xml'],
+  [hl_protocol_dir, 'protocols/hyprland-toplevel-export-v1.xml']
 ]
 wl_protos_src = []
 wl_protos_headers = []