diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/xwayland.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/xwayland.nix
index 582ec11231cd..c76295cec83f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/xwayland.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/xwayland.nix
@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     zlib
   ];
   mesonFlags = [
-    "-Dxwayland_eglstream=true"
-    "-Ddefault_font_path=${defaultFontPath}"
-    "-Dxkb_bin_dir=${xkbcomp}/bin"
-    "-Dxkb_dir=${xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb"
-    "-Dxkb_output_dir=${placeholder "out"}/share/X11/xkb/compiled"
+    (lib.mesonBool "xwayland_eglstream" true)
+    (lib.mesonOption "default_font_path" defaultFontPath)
+    (lib.mesonOption "xkb_bin_dir" "${xkbcomp}/bin")
+    (lib.mesonOption "xkb_dir" "${xkeyboard_config}/etc/X11/xkb")
+    (lib.mesonOption "xkb_output_dir" "${placeholder "out"}/share/X11/xkb/compiled")
+    (lib.mesonBool "libunwind" (libunwind != null))
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {