diff --git a/backend/backend.c b/backend/backend.c
index 58ac756e..96e155dc 100644
--- a/backend/backend.c
+++ b/backend/backend.c
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 #include <wlr/backend/multi.h>
 #include <wlr/backend/session.h>
 #include <wlr/backend/wayland.h>
-#include <wlr/backend/x11.h>
+#ifdef WLR_HAS_X11_BACKEND
+#    include <wlr/backend/x11.h>
+#endif
 #include <wlr/util/log.h>
 
 void wlr_backend_init(struct wlr_backend *backend,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e7fa9890..e3c9a315 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ summary = [
 	'     systemd: @0@'.format(conf_data.get('WLR_HAS_SYSTEMD', false)),
 	'     elogind: @0@'.format(conf_data.get('WLR_HAS_ELOGIND', false)),
 	'    xwayland: @0@'.format(conf_data.get('WLR_HAS_XWAYLAND', false)),
-	' x11_backend: @0@'.format(conf_data.get('WLR_HAS_X11BACKEND', false)),
+	' x11_backend: @0@'.format(conf_data.get('WLR_HAS_X11_BACKEND', false)),
 	'   xcb-icccm: @0@'.format(conf_data.get('WLR_HAS_XCB_ICCCM', false)),
 	'  xcb-errors: @0@'.format(conf_data.get('WLR_HAS_XCB_ERRORS', false)),
 	'----------------',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index dae22b55..9e8567d0 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ option('enable_systemd', type: 'combo', choices: ['auto', 'true', 'false'], valu
 option('enable_elogind', type: 'combo', choices: ['auto', 'true', 'false'], value: 'auto', description: 'Enable support for logind')
 option('enable_xcb_errors', type: 'combo', choices: ['auto', 'true', 'false'], value: 'auto', description: 'Use xcb-errors util library')
 option('enable_xwayland', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Enable support X11 applications')
-option('enable_x11_backend', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Enable X11 backend')
+option('enable_x11_backend', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Enable X11 backend')