diff --git a/glfw/wl_init.c b/glfw/wl_init.c
index 6bd8244b2..162df0431 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_init.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_init.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static void pointerHandleEnter(void* data UNUSED,
             return;
     }
     window->wl.decorations.focus = focus;
-    _glfw.wl.serial = serial;
+    _glfw.wl.serial = serial; _glfw.wl.input_serial = serial;
     _glfw.wl.pointerFocus = window;
 
     window->wl.hovered = true;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void pointerHandleButton(void* data UNUSED,
     if (window->wl.decorations.focus != CENTRAL_WINDOW)
         return;
 
-    _glfw.wl.serial = serial;
+    _glfw.wl.serial = serial; _glfw.wl.input_serial = serial;
 
     /* Makes left, right and middle 0, 1 and 2. Overall order follows evdev
      * codes. */
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static void keyboardHandleEnter(void* data UNUSED,
             return;
     }
 
-    _glfw.wl.serial = serial;
+    _glfw.wl.serial = serial; _glfw.wl.input_serial = serial;
     _glfw.wl.keyboardFocusId = window->id;
     _glfwInputWindowFocus(window, true);
     uint32_t* key;
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static void keyboardHandleKey(void* data UNUSED,
         return;
     int action = state == WL_KEYBOARD_KEY_STATE_PRESSED ? GLFW_PRESS : GLFW_RELEASE;
 
-    _glfw.wl.serial = serial;
+    _glfw.wl.serial = serial; _glfw.wl.input_serial = serial;
     glfw_xkb_handle_key_event(window, &_glfw.wl.xkb, key, action);
 
     if (action == GLFW_PRESS && _glfw.wl.keyboardRepeatRate > 0 && glfw_xkb_should_repeat(&_glfw.wl.xkb, key))
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static void keyboardHandleModifiers(void* data UNUSED,
                                     uint32_t modsLocked,
                                     uint32_t group)
 {
-    _glfw.wl.serial = serial;
+    _glfw.wl.serial = serial; _glfw.wl.input_serial = serial;
     glfw_xkb_update_modifiers(&_glfw.wl.xkb, modsDepressed, modsLatched, modsLocked, 0, 0, group);
 }
 
diff --git a/glfw/wl_platform.h b/glfw/wl_platform.h
index 0bd59383c..a32f45ed6 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_platform.h
+++ b/glfw/wl_platform.h
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ typedef struct _GLFWlibraryWayland
 
     struct wl_surface*          cursorSurface;
     GLFWCursorShape             cursorPreviousShape;
-    uint32_t                    serial;
+    uint32_t                    serial, input_serial;
 
     int32_t                     keyboardRepeatRate;
     monotonic_t                 keyboardRepeatDelay;
diff --git a/glfw/wl_window.c b/glfw/wl_window.c
index 2ec6a70fb..6def91bee 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_window.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_window.c
@@ -1160,12 +1160,17 @@ request_attention(GLFWwindow *window, const char *token, void *data UNUSED) {
     if (window && token && token[0]) xdg_activation_v1_activate(_glfw.wl.xdg_activation_v1, token, ((_GLFWwindow*)window)->wl.surface);
 }
 
-void _glfwPlatformRequestWindowAttention(_GLFWwindow* window) {
+static bool
+has_activation_in_flight(_GLFWwindow* window, GLFWactivationcallback callback) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < _glfw.wl.activation_requests.sz; i++) {
         glfw_wl_xdg_activation_request *r = _glfw.wl.activation_requests.array + i;
-        if (r->window_id == window->id && r->callback == request_attention) return;
+        if (r->window_id == window->id && r->callback == callback) return true;
     }
-    get_activation_token(window, 0, request_attention, NULL);
+    return false;
+}
+
+void _glfwPlatformRequestWindowAttention(_GLFWwindow* window) {
+    if (!has_activation_in_flight(window, request_attention)) get_activation_token(window, 0, request_attention, NULL);
 }
 
 int _glfwPlatformWindowBell(_GLFWwindow* window UNUSED)
@@ -1174,10 +1179,21 @@ int _glfwPlatformWindowBell(_GLFWwindow* window UNUSED)
     return false;
 }
 
+static void
+focus_window(GLFWwindow *window, const char *token, void *data UNUSED) {
+    if (!window) return;
+    if (token && token[0]) xdg_activation_v1_activate(_glfw.wl.xdg_activation_v1, token, ((_GLFWwindow*)window)->wl.surface);
+    else {
+        _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR, "Wayland: Window focus request via xdg-activation protocol was denied by the compositor. Use a better compositor.");
+    }
+}
+
 void _glfwPlatformFocusWindow(_GLFWwindow* window UNUSED)
 {
-    _glfwInputError(GLFW_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE,
-                    "Wayland: The platform does not support setting the input focus");
+    // Attempt to focus the window by using the activation protocol, whether it works
+    // is entirely compositor dependent and as we all know Wayland and its ecosystem is
+    // the product of morons.
+    if (_glfw.wl.input_serial && !has_activation_in_flight(window, focus_window)) get_activation_token(window, _glfw.wl.input_serial, focus_window, NULL);
 }
 
 void _glfwPlatformSetWindowMonitor(_GLFWwindow* window,