diff --git a/glfw/glfw.py b/glfw/glfw.py
index a8ce3c441..96475ac9b 100755
--- a/glfw/glfw.py
+++ b/glfw/glfw.py
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ def generate_wrappers(glfw_header: str) -> None:
     bool glfwWaylandSetTitlebarColor(GLFWwindow *handle, uint32_t color, bool use_system_color)
     void glfwWaylandRedrawCSDWindowTitle(GLFWwindow *handle)
     void glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow(GLFWLayerShellConfig c)
+    pid_t glfwWaylandCompositorPID(void)
     unsigned long long glfwDBusUserNotify(const char *app_name, const char* icon, const char *summary, const char *body, \
 const char *action_text, int32_t timeout, GLFWDBusnotificationcreatedfun callback, void *data)
     void glfwDBusSetUserNotificationHandler(GLFWDBusnotificationactivatedfun handler)
diff --git a/glfw/wl_init.c b/glfw/wl_init.c
index cea8e62c4..f4fb7b9bd 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_init.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_init.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <wayland-client.h>
 // Needed for the BTN_* defines
 #ifdef __has_include
@@ -815,6 +816,19 @@ GLFWAPI int glfwGetCurrentSystemColorTheme(void) {
     return glfw_current_system_color_theme();
 }
 
+GLFWAPI pid_t glfwWaylandCompositorPID(void) {
+    if (!_glfw.wl.display) return -1;
+    int fd = wl_display_get_fd(_glfw.wl.display);
+    if (fd < 0) return -1;
+    struct ucred ucred;
+    socklen_t len = sizeof(struct ucred);
+    if (getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERCRED, &ucred, &len) == -1) {
+        perror("getsockopt failed");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return ucred.pid;
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //////                       GLFW platform API                      //////
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/kitty/debug_config.py b/kitty/debug_config.py
index d765ce096..f7d82b487 100644
--- a/kitty/debug_config.py
+++ b/kitty/debug_config.py
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 
 from kittens.tui.operations import colored, styled
 
+from .child import cmdline_of_pid
 from .cli import version
 from .constants import extensions_dir, is_macos, is_wayland, kitty_base_dir, kitty_exe, shell_path
-from .fast_data_types import Color, SingleKey, num_users
+from .fast_data_types import Color, SingleKey, num_users, wayland_compositor_pid
 from .options.types import Options as KittyOpts
 from .options.types import defaults
 from .options.utils import KeyboardMode, KeyDefinition
@@ -193,6 +194,22 @@ def format_tty_name(raw: str) -> str:
     return re.sub(r'^/dev/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$', r'\1\2', raw)
 
 
+def compositor_name() -> str:
+    ans = 'X11'
+    if is_wayland():
+        ans = 'Wayland'
+        pid = wayland_compositor_pid()
+        if pid > -1:
+            with suppress(Exception):
+                cmdline = cmdline_of_pid(pid)
+                exe = cmdline[0]
+                with suppress(Exception):
+                    import subprocess
+                    exe = subprocess.check_output([exe, '--version']).decode().strip().splitlines()[0]
+                ans += f' ({exe})'
+    return ans
+
+
 def debug_config(opts: KittyOpts) -> str:
     from io import StringIO
     out = StringIO()
@@ -219,7 +236,7 @@ def debug_config(opts: KittyOpts) -> str:
         with open('/etc/lsb-release', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as f:
             p(f.read().strip())
     if not is_macos:
-        p('Running under:', green('Wayland' if is_wayland() else 'X11'))
+        p('Running under:', green(compositor_name()))
     p(green('Frozen:'), 'True' if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False) else 'False')
     p(green('Paths:'))
     p(yellow('  kitty:'), os.path.realpath(kitty_exe()))
diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index 695c37b77..257867db1 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -1573,3 +1573,4 @@ def replace_c0_codes_except_nl_space_tab(text: str) -> str:...
 @overload
 def replace_c0_codes_except_nl_space_tab(text: Union[bytes, memoryview, bytearray]) -> bytes:...
 def terminfo_data() -> bytes:...
+def wayland_compositor_pid() -> int:...
diff --git a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.c b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.c
index b6c38a7ad..ceb1855b5 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.c
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ load_glfw(const char* path) {
     *(void **) (&glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow_impl) = dlsym(handle, "glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow");
     if (glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow_impl == NULL) dlerror(); // clear error indicator
 
+    *(void **) (&glfwWaylandCompositorPID_impl) = dlsym(handle, "glfwWaylandCompositorPID");
+    if (glfwWaylandCompositorPID_impl == NULL) dlerror(); // clear error indicator
+
     *(void **) (&glfwDBusUserNotify_impl) = dlsym(handle, "glfwDBusUserNotify");
     if (glfwDBusUserNotify_impl == NULL) dlerror(); // clear error indicator
 
diff --git a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
index 5a10de78b..d5b8e7678 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
+++ b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
@@ -2312,6 +2312,10 @@ typedef void (*glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow_func)(GLFWLayerShellConfi
 GFW_EXTERN glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow_func glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow_impl;
 #define glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow glfwWaylandSetupLayerShellForNextWindow_impl
 
+typedef pid_t (*glfwWaylandCompositorPID_func)(void);
+GFW_EXTERN glfwWaylandCompositorPID_func glfwWaylandCompositorPID_impl;
+#define glfwWaylandCompositorPID glfwWaylandCompositorPID_impl
+
 typedef unsigned long long (*glfwDBusUserNotify_func)(const char*, const char*, const char*, const char*, const char*, int32_t, GLFWDBusnotificationcreatedfun, void*);
 GFW_EXTERN glfwDBusUserNotify_func glfwDBusUserNotify_impl;
 #define glfwDBusUserNotify glfwDBusUserNotify_impl
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 0be5268aa..65be2725d 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -1836,6 +1836,16 @@ x11_display(PYNOARG) {
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+wayland_compositor_pid(PYNOARG) {
+    pid_t ans = -1;
+    if (global_state.is_wayland && glfwWaylandCompositorPID) {
+        ans = glfwWaylandCompositorPID();
+    }
+    long long x = ans;
+    return PyLong_FromLongLong(x);
+}
+
 static PyObject*
 x11_window_id(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *os_wid) {
     OSWindow *w = os_window_for_id(PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong(os_wid));
@@ -2216,6 +2226,7 @@ static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     METHODB(change_os_window_state, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(glfw_window_hint, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(x11_display, METH_NOARGS),
+    METHODB(wayland_compositor_pid, METH_NOARGS),
     METHODB(get_click_interval, METH_NOARGS),
     METHODB(x11_window_id, METH_O),
     METHODB(make_x11_window_a_dock_window, METH_VARARGS),