diff --git a/include/wlr/xwayland.h b/include/wlr/xwayland.h
index 2b643ec9..e7f7a467 100644
--- a/include/wlr/xwayland.h
+++ b/include/wlr/xwayland.h
@@ -209,4 +209,29 @@ struct wlr_xwayland_surface *wlr_xwayland_surface_from_wlr_surface(
 
 void wlr_xwayland_surface_ping(struct wlr_xwayland_surface *surface);
 
+/** Metric to guess if an OR window should "receive" focus
+ *
+ * In the pure X setups, window managers usually straight up ignore override
+ * redirect windows, and never touch them. (we have to handle them for mapping)
+ *
+ * When such a window wants to receive keyboard input (e.g. rofi/dzen) it will
+ * use mechanics we don't support (sniffing/grabbing input).
+ * [Sadly this is unrelated to xwayland-keyboard-grab]
+ *
+ * To still support these windows, while keeping general OR semantics as is, we
+ * need to hand a subset of windows focus.
+ * The dirty truth is, we need to hand focus to any Xwayland window, though
+ * pretending this window has focus makes it easier to handle unmap.
+ *
+ * This function provides a handy metric based on the window type to guess if
+ * the OR window wants focus.
+ * It's probably not perfect, nor exactly intended but works in practice.
+ *
+ * Returns: true if the window should receive focus
+ *          false if it should be ignored
+ */
+bool wlr_xwayland_or_surface_wants_focus(
+	const struct wlr_xwayland_surface *surface);
+
+
 #endif
diff --git a/rootston/seat.c b/rootston/seat.c
index cae548d3..27363d8e 100644
--- a/rootston/seat.c
+++ b/rootston/seat.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,8 @@ void roots_seat_set_focus(struct roots_seat *seat, struct roots_view *view) {
 
 #ifdef WLR_HAS_XWAYLAND
 	if (view && view->type == ROOTS_XWAYLAND_VIEW &&
-			view->xwayland_surface->override_redirect) {
+			!wlr_xwayland_or_surface_wants_focus(
+				view->xwayland_surface)) {
 		return;
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/xwayland/xwm.c b/xwayland/xwm.c
index 7999480a..c939d8ea 100644
--- a/xwayland/xwm.c
+++ b/xwayland/xwm.c
@@ -1703,3 +1703,27 @@ void wlr_xwayland_surface_ping(struct wlr_xwayland_surface *surface) {
 		surface->xwm->ping_timeout);
 	surface->pinging = true;
 }
+
+bool wlr_xwayland_or_surface_wants_focus(
+		const struct wlr_xwayland_surface *surface) {
+	bool ret = true;
+	static enum atom_name needles[] = {
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_COMBO,
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DND,
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DROPDOWN_MENU,
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_MENU,
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NOTIFICATION,
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_POPUP_MENU,
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH,
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLTIP,
+		NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY,
+	};
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(needles) / sizeof(needles[0]); ++i) {
+		if (xwm_atoms_contains(surface->xwm, surface->window_type,
+				surface->window_type_len, needles[i])) {
+			ret = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}