diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 56c1f386..239a8bfc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -286,9 +286,7 @@ if (_GLFW_WAYLAND)
     list(APPEND glfw_LIBRARIES "${Wayland_LIBRARIES}" "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}")
 
     find_package(XKBCommon REQUIRED)
-    list(APPEND glfw_PKG_DEPS "xkbcommon")
     list(APPEND glfw_INCLUDE_DIRS "${XKBCOMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-    list(APPEND glfw_LIBRARIES "${XKBCOMMON_LIBRARY}")
 endif()
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/wl_init.c b/src/wl_init.c
index 8e42ce6e..3841636f 100644
--- a/src/wl_init.c
+++ b/src/wl_init.c
@@ -642,6 +642,49 @@ static void createKeyTables(void)
 
 int _glfwPlatformInit(void)
 {
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.handle = dlopen("libxkbcommon.so.0", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+    if (!_glfw.wl.xkb.handle)
+    {
+        _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
+                        "Wayland: Failed to open libxkbcommon.");
+        return GLFW_FALSE;
+    }
+
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.context_new = (PFN_xkb_context_new)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_context_new");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.context_unref = (PFN_xkb_context_unref)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_context_unref");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.keymap_new_from_string = (PFN_xkb_keymap_new_from_string)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_keymap_new_from_string");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.keymap_unref = (PFN_xkb_keymap_unref)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_keymap_unref");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.keymap_mod_get_index = (PFN_xkb_keymap_mod_get_index)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_keymap_mod_get_index");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.state_new = (PFN_xkb_state_new)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_state_new");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.state_unref = (PFN_xkb_state_unref)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_state_unref");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.state_key_get_syms = (PFN_xkb_state_key_get_syms)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_state_key_get_syms");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.state_update_mask = (PFN_xkb_state_update_mask)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_state_update_mask");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.state_serialize_mods = (PFN_xkb_state_serialize_mods)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_state_serialize_mods");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_table_new_from_locale = (PFN_xkb_compose_table_new_from_locale)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_compose_table_new_from_locale");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_table_unref = (PFN_xkb_compose_table_unref)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_compose_table_unref");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_new = (PFN_xkb_compose_state_new)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_compose_state_new");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_unref = (PFN_xkb_compose_state_unref)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_compose_state_unref");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_feed = (PFN_xkb_compose_state_feed)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_compose_state_feed");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_get_status = (PFN_xkb_compose_state_get_status)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_compose_state_get_status");
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_get_one_sym = (PFN_xkb_compose_state_get_one_sym)
+        dlsym(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle, "xkb_compose_state_get_one_sym");
+
     _glfw.wl.display = wl_display_connect(NULL);
     if (!_glfw.wl.display)
     {
@@ -700,6 +743,9 @@ void _glfwPlatformTerminate(void)
     xkb_state_unref(_glfw.wl.xkb.state);
     xkb_context_unref(_glfw.wl.xkb.context);
 
+    dlclose(_glfw.wl.xkb.handle);
+    _glfw.wl.xkb.handle = NULL;
+
     if (_glfw.wl.cursorTheme)
         wl_cursor_theme_destroy(_glfw.wl.cursorTheme);
     if (_glfw.wl.cursorSurface)
diff --git a/src/wl_platform.h b/src/wl_platform.h
index 656f0ef1..059ea2ee 100644
--- a/src/wl_platform.h
+++ b/src/wl_platform.h
@@ -68,6 +68,41 @@ typedef VkBool32 (APIENTRY *PFN_vkGetPhysicalDeviceWaylandPresentationSupportKHR
 #define _GLFW_PLATFORM_CONTEXT_STATE
 #define _GLFW_PLATFORM_LIBRARY_CONTEXT_STATE
 
+typedef struct xkb_context* (* PFN_xkb_context_new)(enum xkb_context_flags);
+typedef void (* PFN_xkb_context_unref)(struct xkb_context*);
+typedef struct xkb_keymap* (* PFN_xkb_keymap_new_from_string)(struct xkb_context*, const char*, enum xkb_keymap_format, enum xkb_keymap_compile_flags);
+typedef void (* PFN_xkb_keymap_unref)(struct xkb_keymap*);
+typedef xkb_mod_index_t (* PFN_xkb_keymap_mod_get_index)(struct xkb_keymap*, const char*);
+typedef struct xkb_state* (* PFN_xkb_state_new)(struct xkb_keymap*);
+typedef void (* PFN_xkb_state_unref)(struct xkb_state*);
+typedef int (* PFN_xkb_state_key_get_syms)(struct xkb_state*, xkb_keycode_t, const xkb_keysym_t**);
+typedef enum xkb_state_component (* PFN_xkb_state_update_mask)(struct xkb_state*, xkb_mod_mask_t, xkb_mod_mask_t, xkb_mod_mask_t, xkb_layout_index_t, xkb_layout_index_t, xkb_layout_index_t);
+typedef xkb_mod_mask_t (* PFN_xkb_state_serialize_mods)(struct xkb_state*, enum xkb_state_component);
+typedef struct xkb_compose_table* (* PFN_xkb_compose_table_new_from_locale)(struct xkb_context*, const char*, enum xkb_compose_compile_flags);
+typedef void (* PFN_xkb_compose_table_unref)(struct xkb_compose_table*);
+typedef struct xkb_compose_state* (* PFN_xkb_compose_state_new)(struct xkb_compose_table*, enum xkb_compose_state_flags);
+typedef void (* PFN_xkb_compose_state_unref)(struct xkb_compose_state*);
+typedef enum xkb_compose_feed_result (* PFN_xkb_compose_state_feed)(struct xkb_compose_state*, xkb_keysym_t);
+typedef enum xkb_compose_status (* PFN_xkb_compose_state_get_status)(struct xkb_compose_state*);
+typedef xkb_keysym_t (* PFN_xkb_compose_state_get_one_sym)(struct xkb_compose_state*);
+#define xkb_context_new _glfw.wl.xkb.context_new
+#define xkb_context_unref _glfw.wl.xkb.context_unref
+#define xkb_keymap_new_from_string _glfw.wl.xkb.keymap_new_from_string
+#define xkb_keymap_unref _glfw.wl.xkb.keymap_unref
+#define xkb_keymap_mod_get_index _glfw.wl.xkb.keymap_mod_get_index
+#define xkb_state_new _glfw.wl.xkb.state_new
+#define xkb_state_unref _glfw.wl.xkb.state_unref
+#define xkb_state_key_get_syms _glfw.wl.xkb.state_key_get_syms
+#define xkb_state_update_mask _glfw.wl.xkb.state_update_mask
+#define xkb_state_serialize_mods _glfw.wl.xkb.state_serialize_mods
+#define xkb_compose_table_new_from_locale _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_table_new_from_locale
+#define xkb_compose_table_unref _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_table_unref
+#define xkb_compose_state_new _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_new
+#define xkb_compose_state_unref _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_unref
+#define xkb_compose_state_feed _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_feed
+#define xkb_compose_state_get_status _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_get_status
+#define xkb_compose_state_get_one_sym _glfw.wl.xkb.compose_state_get_one_sym
+
 
 // Wayland-specific per-window data
 //
@@ -125,6 +160,7 @@ typedef struct _GLFWlibraryWayland
     short int                   scancodes[GLFW_KEY_LAST + 1];
 
     struct {
+        void*                   handle;
         struct xkb_context*     context;
         struct xkb_keymap*      keymap;
         struct xkb_state*       state;
@@ -134,6 +170,24 @@ typedef struct _GLFWlibraryWayland
         xkb_mod_mask_t          shiftMask;
         xkb_mod_mask_t          superMask;
         unsigned int            modifiers;
+
+        PFN_xkb_context_new context_new;
+        PFN_xkb_context_unref context_unref;
+        PFN_xkb_keymap_new_from_string keymap_new_from_string;
+        PFN_xkb_keymap_unref keymap_unref;
+        PFN_xkb_keymap_mod_get_index keymap_mod_get_index;
+        PFN_xkb_state_new state_new;
+        PFN_xkb_state_unref state_unref;
+        PFN_xkb_state_key_get_syms state_key_get_syms;
+        PFN_xkb_state_update_mask state_update_mask;
+        PFN_xkb_state_serialize_mods state_serialize_mods;
+        PFN_xkb_compose_table_new_from_locale compose_table_new_from_locale;
+        PFN_xkb_compose_table_unref compose_table_unref;
+        PFN_xkb_compose_state_new compose_state_new;
+        PFN_xkb_compose_state_unref compose_state_unref;
+        PFN_xkb_compose_state_feed compose_state_feed;
+        PFN_xkb_compose_state_get_status compose_state_get_status;
+        PFN_xkb_compose_state_get_one_sym compose_state_get_one_sym;
     } xkb;
 
     _GLFWwindow*                pointerFocus;