diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index d559ea3a..9665ec37 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ void CCompositor::startCompositor() {
 
     initAllSignals();
 
+    // Set some env vars so that Firefox is automatically in Wayland mode
+    // and QT apps too
+    // electron needs -- flags so we can't really set them here
+    setenv("QT_QPA_PLATFORM", "wayland", true);
+    setenv("MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND", "1", true);
+
     m_szWLDisplaySocket = wl_display_add_socket_auto(m_sWLDisplay);
 
     if (!m_szWLDisplaySocket) {