diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aecac36..ac4e80e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ tempfile = "3.0"
 slog = "2.1.1"
 slog-stdlog = "3.0.2"
 libloading = "0.5.0"
-wayland-client = { version = "0.23.4", features = ["egl"], optional = true }
+wayland-client = { version = "0.23.4", optional = true }
+wayland-egl = { version = "0.25.0", optional = true }
 winit = { version = "0.22.0", optional = true }
 drm = { version = "^0.4.0", git = "https://github.com/drakulix/drm-rs", branch = "develop", optional = true }
 gbm = { version = "^0.6.0", git = "https://github.com/drakulix/gbm.rs", branch = "develop", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["drm-support"] }
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ gl_generator = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 default = ["backend_winit", "backend_drm_legacy", "backend_drm_gbm", "backend_drm_egl", "backend_libinput", "backend_udev", "backend_session_logind", "renderer_glium", "xwayland", "wayland_frontend"]
-backend_winit = ["winit", "wayland-server/dlopen", "wayland-client/dlopen", "backend_egl", "renderer_gl", "use_system_lib"]
+backend_winit = ["winit", "wayland-server/dlopen", "wayland-client/dlopen", "wayland-egl", "backend_egl", "renderer_gl", "use_system_lib"]
 backend_drm = ["drm", "failure"]
 backend_drm_legacy = ["backend_drm"]
 backend_drm_gbm = ["backend_drm", "gbm", "image"]
diff --git a/src/backend/egl/native.rs b/src/backend/egl/native.rs
index 2d54139..17417c8 100644
--- a/src/backend/egl/native.rs
+++ b/src/backend/egl/native.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::backend::graphics::SwapBuffersError;
 use std::ptr;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
-use wayland_client::egl as wegl;
+use wayland_egl as wegl;
 #[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
 use winit::platform::unix::WindowExtUnix;
 #[cfg(feature = "backend_winit")]
diff --git a/src/backend/winit.rs b/src/backend/winit.rs
index 9a9751d..a0eb0ee 100644
--- a/src/backend/winit.rs
+++ b/src/backend/winit.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::{
     rc::Rc,
     time::Instant,
 };
-use wayland_client::egl as wegl;
+use wayland_egl as wegl;
 use wayland_server::Display;
 use winit::{
     dpi::{LogicalPosition, LogicalSize, PhysicalSize},