diff --git a/glfw/glfw.py b/glfw/glfw.py
index 3cef8ede9..27453c8fd 100755
--- a/glfw/glfw.py
+++ b/glfw/glfw.py
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ def generate_wrappers(glfw_header: str) -> None:
 const char *action_text, int32_t timeout, GLFWDBusnotificationcreatedfun callback, void *data)
     void glfwDBusSetUserNotificationHandler(GLFWDBusnotificationactivatedfun handler)
     int glfwSetX11LaunchCommand(GLFWwindow *handle, char **argv, int argc)
+    void glfwSetX11WindowAsDock(int32_t x11_window_id)
 '''.splitlines():
         if line:
             functions.append(Function(line.strip(), check_fail=False))
diff --git a/glfw/x11_init.c b/glfw/x11_init.c
index fc81b042f..dde569f54 100644
--- a/glfw/x11_init.c
+++ b/glfw/x11_init.c
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ static void detectEWMH(void)
         getAtomIfSupported(supportedAtoms, atomCount, "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE");
     _glfw.x11.NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL =
         getAtomIfSupported(supportedAtoms, atomCount, "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL");
+    _glfw.x11.NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK =
+        getAtomIfSupported(supportedAtoms, atomCount, "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK");
     _glfw.x11.NET_WORKAREA =
         getAtomIfSupported(supportedAtoms, atomCount, "_NET_WORKAREA");
     _glfw.x11.NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP =
diff --git a/glfw/x11_platform.h b/glfw/x11_platform.h
index 2a2c87826..f2a4621ac 100644
--- a/glfw/x11_platform.h
+++ b/glfw/x11_platform.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ typedef struct _GLFWlibraryX11
     Atom            NET_WM_PING;
     Atom            NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE;
     Atom            NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL;
+    Atom            NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK;
     Atom            NET_WM_STATE;
     Atom            NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE;
     Atom            NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN;
diff --git a/glfw/x11_window.c b/glfw/x11_window.c
index 6ce1090e8..b979296fc 100644
--- a/glfw/x11_window.c
+++ b/glfw/x11_window.c
@@ -3197,3 +3197,11 @@ GLFWAPI int glfwSetX11LaunchCommand(GLFWwindow *handle, char **argv, int argc)
     _GLFWwindow* window = (_GLFWwindow*) handle;
     return XSetCommand(_glfw.x11.display, window->x11.handle, argv, argc);
 }
+
+GLFWAPI void glfwSetX11WindowAsDock(int32_t x11_window_id) {
+    _GLFW_REQUIRE_INIT();
+    Atom type = _glfw.x11.NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK;
+    XChangeProperty(_glfw.x11.display, x11_window_id,
+                    _glfw.x11.NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE, XA_ATOM, 32,
+                    PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*) &type, 1);
+}
diff --git a/kittens/panel/main.py b/kittens/panel/main.py
index 5f7fa8cb5..5cf4a8b98 100644
--- a/kittens/panel/main.py
+++ b/kittens/panel/main.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from kitty.cli import parse_args
 from kitty.cli_stub import PanelCLIOptions
 from kitty.constants import appname, is_macos
 from kitty.os_window_size import WindowSizeData
+from kitty.fast_data_types import make_x11_window_a_dock_window
 
 OPTIONS = r'''
 --lines
@@ -111,10 +112,7 @@ window_width = window_height = 0
 
 
 def setup_x11_window(win_id: int) -> None:
-    call_xprop(
-            '-id', str(win_id), '-format', '_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE', '32a',
-            '-set', '_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE', '_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK'
-    )
+    make_x11_window_a_dock_window(win_id)
     func = globals()[f'create_{args.edge}_strut']
     func(win_id, window_width, window_height)
 
diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index 9d433fa03..3a76946ac 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -1475,3 +1475,4 @@ def clearenv() -> None: ...
 def set_clipboard_data_types(ct: int, mime_types: Tuple[str, ...]) -> None: ...
 def get_clipboard_mime(ct: int, mime: Optional[str], callback: Callable[[bytes], None]) -> None: ...
 def run_with_activation_token(func: Callable[[str], None]) -> None: ...
+def make_x11_window_a_dock_window(x11_window_id: int) -> None: ...
diff --git a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.c b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.c
index 8c5578b68..16ec6038e 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.c
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ load_glfw(const char* path) {
     *(void **) (&glfwSetX11LaunchCommand_impl) = dlsym(handle, "glfwSetX11LaunchCommand");
     if (glfwSetX11LaunchCommand_impl == NULL) dlerror(); // clear error indicator
 
+    *(void **) (&glfwSetX11WindowAsDock_impl) = dlsym(handle, "glfwSetX11WindowAsDock");
+    if (glfwSetX11WindowAsDock_impl == NULL) dlerror(); // clear error indicator
+
     return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
index 0dcd5db13..c3dcb1637 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
+++ b/kitty/glfw-wrapper.h
@@ -2230,4 +2230,8 @@ typedef int (*glfwSetX11LaunchCommand_func)(GLFWwindow*, char**, int);
 GFW_EXTERN glfwSetX11LaunchCommand_func glfwSetX11LaunchCommand_impl;
 #define glfwSetX11LaunchCommand glfwSetX11LaunchCommand_impl
 
+typedef void (*glfwSetX11WindowAsDock_func)(int32_t);
+GFW_EXTERN glfwSetX11WindowAsDock_func glfwSetX11WindowAsDock_impl;
+#define glfwSetX11WindowAsDock glfwSetX11WindowAsDock_impl
+
 const char* load_glfw(const char* path);
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index be1739ccd..9cf2d5af0 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -1686,6 +1686,16 @@ get_clipboard_mime(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
     if (PyErr_Occurred()) return NULL;
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
+
+static PyObject*
+make_x11_window_a_dock_window(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args UNUSED) {
+    int x11_window_id;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &x11_window_id)) return NULL;
+    if (!glfwSetX11WindowAsDock) { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Failed to load glfwGetX11Window"); return NULL; }
+    glfwSetX11WindowAsDock(x11_window_id);
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 // Boilerplate {{{
 
 static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
@@ -1704,6 +1714,7 @@ static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     METHODB(x11_display, METH_NOARGS),
     METHODB(get_click_interval, METH_NOARGS),
     METHODB(x11_window_id, METH_O),
+    METHODB(make_x11_window_a_dock_window, METH_VARARGS),
     METHODB(strip_csi, METH_O),
 #ifndef __APPLE__
     METHODB(dbus_send_notification, METH_VARARGS),