diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wa/waybar/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waybar/package.nix
index 7f5c9ad4432b..8fcd8869a282 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wa/waybar/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wa/waybar/package.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
   jackSupport ? true,
   mpdSupport ? true,
   mprisSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
+  niriSupport ? true,
   nlSupport ? true,
   pipewireSupport ? true,
   pulseSupport ? true,
@@ -187,7 +188,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "upower_glib" = upowerSupport;
       "wireplumber" = wireplumberSupport;
     })
-    ++ lib.optional experimentalPatches (lib.mesonBool "experimental" true);
+    ++ (lib.mapAttrsToList lib.mesonBool {
+      "experimental" = experimentalPatches;
+      "niri" = niriSupport;
+    });
 
   env = lib.optionalAttrs systemdSupport {
     PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDUSERUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user";