diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/common.nix
index ac293faee3b5..874a1bb63ccc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/common.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 , xkeyboard_config
 , zlib
 , makeDesktopItem
+, tiling_wm # if we are using a tiling wm, need to set _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING in wrapper
 }:
 
 let
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ let
         --set-default JAVA_HOME "$out/jre" \
         --set ANDROID_EMULATOR_USE_SYSTEM_LIBS 1 \
         --set QT_XKB_CONFIG_ROOT "${xkeyboard_config}/share/X11/xkb" \
+        ${lib.optionalString tiling_wm "--set _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING 1"} \
         --set FONTCONFIG_FILE ${fontsConf} \
         --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/default.nix
index 39bbff256525..cfd81fdfe5a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, makeFontsConf, gnome2, buildFHSUserEnv }:
+{ callPackage, makeFontsConf, gnome2, buildFHSUserEnv, tiling_wm ? false }:
 
 let
   mkStudio = opts: callPackage (import ./common.nix opts) {
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ let
     };
     inherit (gnome2) GConf gnome_vfs;
     inherit buildFHSUserEnv;
+    inherit tiling_wm;
   };
   stableVersion = {
     version = "2021.1.1.23"; # "Android Studio Bumblebee (2021.1.1 Patch 3)"