diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audacity/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audacity/package.nix
index 061aea770cda..8c99fb7705bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audacity/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audacity/package.nix
@@ -176,15 +176,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   dontWrapGApps = true;
 
   # Replace audacity's wrapper, to:
-  # - put it in the right place, it shouldn't be in "$out/audacity"
+  # - Put it in the right place; it shouldn't be in "$out/audacity"
   # - Add the ffmpeg dynamic dependency
+  # - Use Xwayland by default on Wayland. See https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/5977
   postFixup =
     lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
       wrapProgram "$out/bin/audacity" \
         "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}" \
         --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$out/lib/audacity":${lib.makeLibraryPath [ ffmpeg ]} \
         --suffix AUDACITY_MODULES_PATH : "$out/lib/audacity/modules" \
-        --suffix AUDACITY_PATH : "$out/share/audacity"
+        --suffix AUDACITY_PATH : "$out/share/audacity" \
+        --set-default GDK_BACKEND x11
     ''
     + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
       mkdir -p $out/{Applications,bin}