diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1190876d..ef0ce88e 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ if(HAVE_LIBEXECINFO)
     target_link_libraries(Hyprland execinfo)
 endif()
 
+check_include_file("sys/timerfd.h" HAS_TIMERFD)
+pkg_check_modules(epoll IMPORTED_TARGET epoll-shim)
+if(NOT HAS_TIMERFD AND epoll_FOUND)
+    target_link_libraries(Hyprland PkgConfig::epoll)
+endif()
+
 if(LEGACY_RENDERER)
     message(STATUS "Using the legacy GLES2 renderer!")
     add_compile_definitions(LEGACY_RENDERER)
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ if(NO_XWAYLAND)
     add_compile_definitions(NO_XWAYLAND)
 else()
     message(STATUS "XWAYLAND Enabled (NO_XWAYLAND not defined) checking deps...")
-    pkg_check_modules(xdeps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET xcb xwayland xcb-util xcb-render xcb-image xcb-xfixes xcb-icccm xcb-composite xcb-res xcb-ewmh)
+    pkg_check_modules(xdeps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET xcb xwayland xcb-util xcb-render xcb-xfixes xcb-icccm xcb-composite xcb-res xcb-ewmh)
     pkg_check_modules(xcb_errors IMPORTED_TARGET xcb-errors)
     target_link_libraries(Hyprland PkgConfig::xdeps)
     if(xcb_errors_FOUND)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 28e652d7..dd73cb92 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ if not have_xwayland
 endif
 
 backtrace_dep = cpp_compiler.find_library('execinfo', required: false)
+epoll_dep = dependency('epoll-shim', required: false) # timerfd on BSDs
 systemd_dep = dependency('libsystemd', required: get_option('systemd'))
 
 if get_option('systemd').enabled()
diff --git a/nix/patches/meson-build.patch b/nix/patches/meson-build.patch
index 21cec8ee..5827e5c3 100644
--- a/nix/patches/meson-build.patch
+++ b/nix/patches/meson-build.patch
@@ -46,13 +46,14 @@ index 45701f5f..3505cefe 100644
      dependency('cairo'),
      dependency('hyprcursor'),
      dependency('hyprlang', version: '>= 0.3.2'),
-@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
+@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
      dependency('egl'),
      dependency('xkbcommon'),
      dependency('libinput'),
 -    xcb_dep,
 +    dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland')),
      backtrace_dep,
+     epoll_dep,
      systemd_dep,
 -    udis86,
 +    dependency('udis86'),
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 59771fcf..d490cddb 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
     dependency('libinput'),
     xcb_dep,
     backtrace_dep,
+    epoll_dep,
     systemd_dep,
     udis86,